Users of PiHole/AdGuard/Blocky, what blocklists are you using? (lemmy.world)
from themurphy@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2023 18:33
https://lemmy.world/post/7932634

EDIT: Thanks so much guys! This was really helpful, and I didn’t imagine so many would help out!

Hey guys,

I’ve used PiHole for over a year now, and I really like it. I use it with WireGuard, so I always have my DNS blocker with me.

But I’ve wondered if I even have some good lists? I used some standard lists from a reddit thread when I set up my PiHole, and I’ve never looked at it since.

So what blocklists do you use? Something you can recommend?

Also, if you use Blocky or AdGuard, do you find it better than PiHole?

#selfhosted

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ketcham1009@lemmy.ml on 07 Nov 2023 18:50 next collapse

I’m using all the ‘green’ lists from Firebog.

easeKItMAn@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2023 18:52 next collapse

It depends a bit on what you want to accomplish, the threat model, the devices in use, and other topics. I think this is a good read: avoidthehack.com/best-pihole-blocklists

Some specific social blocklists: github.com/d43m0nhLInt3r/socialblocklists

grimace1153@lemm.ee on 08 Nov 2023 00:28 collapse

Screw you and your threat model bullshit. If you don’t know an answer just don’t comment

morethanevil@lemmy.fedifriends.social on 07 Nov 2023 18:57 next collapse

I am using the most important one for germans… Springerblocker

Some of my other lists

Adstracking

Blocklistproject

Easylist Germany

Notrack

And many more

Shayeta@feddit.de on 07 Nov 2023 20:10 next collapse

Nice try, Youtube dev. Better luck next time.

ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 07 Nov 2023 20:48 collapse

DNS blocking is the most unreliable way of blocking youtube ads you can imagine.
you could write a script to OCR your entire screen and click skip ad and it’d be more reliable than DNS blocking

Snowplow8861@lemmus.org on 07 Nov 2023 21:22 collapse

I don’t think that works on my Samsung TV, or my partners iPad though. :)

Although not especially effective on the YouTube front, it actually increases network security just by blocking api access to ad networks on those kinds of IoT and walled garden devices. Ironically my partner loves it not for YouTube but apparently all her Chinese drama streaming websites. So when we go travel and she’s subjected to those ads she’s much more frustrated than when she’s at home lol.

So the little joke while not strictly true, is pretty true just if you just say ‘streaming content provider’.

ecliptik@lemmy.ecliptik.com on 08 Nov 2023 02:12 collapse

I’ve had good luck with iSponsorBlockTV [1] for skipping/muting ads on our LG TV Youtube app and has Samsung Tizen on their supported list.

For my iPhone I do a combination of self-hosted Piped [2] exposed through Tailscale [3] with Yattee [4]. Both Piped and Yattee work with Sponsorblock and can be customized to see 0 ads.

Tailscale is useful since your phone/ipad/piped are on the same Tailnet regardless of location and you can stream from anywhere there’s an Internet connection.

You can also swap out components; eg Invidious instead of Piped or your own Wireguard setup instead of Tailscale.

  1. github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
  2. github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
  3. tailscale.com
  4. github.com/yattee/yattee
iodine0320@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2023 20:17 next collapse

I’ve been quite happy after recently switching to Hagezi <img alt="https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists" src="https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists">

dinckelman@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2023 20:27 next collapse

This has worked great for me

eramseth@lemmy.world on 07 Nov 2023 20:32 next collapse

Oisd.nl

Andi@feddit.uk on 07 Nov 2023 20:44 next collapse

This is the GOAT 🐐

eramseth@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 01:58 collapse

Absolutely agree

bookworm@feddit.de on 07 Nov 2023 20:47 next collapse

Same! Which version do you use? Small or big?

eramseth@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 01:58 collapse

Big.

lal309@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 00:14 next collapse

Did not know about this one! Just added it to my pi hole instance. Thank you!

FutileRecipe@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 03:21 collapse

Something to keep in mind:

Avoid using mirrored consolidated lists, if possible; it deprives the original list maintainer of visits (meaning they may be less inclined to keep it up to date!) firebog.net

Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz on 07 Nov 2023 21:30 next collapse

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
DNS Domain Name Service/System
IoT Internet of Things for device controllers
PiHole Network-wide ad-blocker (DNS sinkhole)

2 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 13 acronyms.

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FutileRecipe@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 03:20 next collapse

Basically the maintained ones from: firebog.net

tordenflesk@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 2023 03:52 next collapse

github.com/jacklul/pihole-updatelists

hottari@lemmy.ml on 08 Nov 2023 04:18 next collapse

I use whatever this guy recommends to use.

jeanofthedead@sh.itjust.works on 08 Nov 2023 06:24 collapse

Me too! Works super well. I fucking love NextDNS.

neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 08 Nov 2023 04:25 collapse

I use the following lists:

spoiler

- StevenBlack hosts - WindowsSpyBlocker - WindowsSpyBlocker - ipv6 - Easyprivacy - Easylist - adaway - firstparty-trackers - d3host - w3kbl - Facebook - non regex - Peter Lowe Hosts

I also ensure that I have ublock origin on everything I can put it on. I’m sure the default lists are fine for pihole (I just like tinkering with things), but I recommend firebog.net for finding more lists if you so desire