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Which domains should I block in etc/hosts?
Are there any domains that I should definitely block in my personal computer's etc/hosts file? I'm thinking of domains that provide no service to ME but are just used to track/target advertising/etc.
- gmuslera 12y agohttp://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ Here you have a good list, with explanations for some categories.
- honksillet 12y agoWow. There are a lot of "Facebook trojans" on this list.
- bramgg 12y ago...And spend your life managing hosts? If this is only for your browser install uBlock and add whatever filters you're interested in. You can also go one step further and disable JavaScript, only re-enabling it for sites you care about as you go. If this is for other software you might want to reconsider what you install on your computer.
- HackOfAllTrades 12y agoAbout once a quarter I go to http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm and download a new Hosts file. My internet browsing is so much more peaceful without all the ads.
- honksillet 12y agoI probably shouldn't be shocked by how long these lists are.
- bitshepherd 12y agoYou should be shocked they're not longer. Source: engineer that used to dabble in adtech
- codewritinfool 12y agoMaybe a better idea than to manage your hosts file is to use opendns.com and choose the categories you want to block.
- jakeogh 12y agoI use dnsmasq for this. In addition to the speedup from local DNS caching, you can optionally use wildcards to block domains instead of specifying each subdomain. This will get two popular hosts blocking lists and convert them to dnsmasq.conf format: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsmasq-blacklist https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsmasq-blacklist
- davidddavidson 12y agoA similar/complementary product to look at (Windows only) would be Spyware Blaster - https://www.brightfort.com/spywareblaster.html https://www.brightfort.com/spywareblaster.html