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My approach was to start by combining SomeoneWhoCares' and MVPS' hosts files with `uniq`, which rendered such browser addons largely, though not entirely, unnec
by dbbolton 11y ago
My approach was to start by combining SomeoneWhoCares' and MVPS' hosts files with `uniq`, which rendered such browser addons largely, though not entirely, unnecessary. The down side is you can only do that on machines where you have root access.
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoHosts files only work for redirecting known bad actors down the memory hole. A noscript style blocker is needed to catch malicious js from new sources not tracked in a hosts database.
- dbbolton 11y agoThat's why I said "largely, but not entirely". I still use them.
- ghantila 11y agoSomeone is already doing that. https://hosts.neocities.org/ https://hosts.neocities.org/ Warning: Hosts file too large. Could cause problems with Windows DNS Cache.