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Shared lists of problem domains people may want to block with hosts files

51 mentions on Hacker News by 35 people: 4 stories, 47 comments · first 2016-05-28 · latest 2026-08-12

Mentions per year 51 mentions · busiest year 2017 (11)
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  1. A quick search on Kagi turns up a ton of them. Here you go: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  2. …Meta domain and property I can think of to my network blocking. A good list to start with is here: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio...
  3. You would need to block all facebook domains https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
    comment by agilob · 2022-10-27 · in Ad blocking is under attack (2017)
  4. Is this similar to https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists ?
    comment by mario_kart_snes · 2022-10-05 · in hBlock: A Posix-Compliant Ad-Blocker
  5. I set up a DNS entry in my hosts file for all facebook/meta domains ( https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... ) to be blocked (routed to 0.0.0.0). The effectively blocks any data from the "pixel" because when it…
  6. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/commits/master/corpora... Seems it was active until 2020
  7. Not OP but I can recommend those also for blocking social networks: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio...
  8. …* Hard to escape Facebook's online tracking but adding this to your host file should do it https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... ** Sorry for this hyperbole, it's only sites using adsense that are guilty and…
  9. …54.37.18.234 archive.is While there try a hosts blocklist http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio... etc
    comment by alecco · 2021-10-28 · in 1.1.1.1 for Families
  10. …their script embedded. nextdns.io does a good job of blocking facebook. They base their block on https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists which has this list https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  11. …this! I encourage others to do so as well. Block Facebook IPs at your computer DNS level with this: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  12. The project's readme [1] also mentions dnsmasq. [1]: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists#faq
    comment by thih9 · 2021-02-10 · in Block Facebook Servers
  13. …this list but I do block fb and ig servers in pi-hole. Though I will now move to using this list: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
    comment by kgog · 2021-02-10 · in Block Facebook Servers
  14. …making sites fast and reducing your data transfers. Corporation block lists (e.g. Facebook, Google) https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio... "Someone Who Cares" list http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ Ultimate Hosts…
  15. Here are some good, maintained lists: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists
    comment by gavreh · 2020-07-25 · in Noprocrast (2010)
  16. …hosts file blocklists. This is much faster. Simple corporation block list (e.g. Facebook, Google) https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio... "Someone Who Cares" list http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ Ultimate Hosts…
  17. …JavaScript you can put hosts file blocklists. Simple corporation block list (e.g. Facebook, Google) https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio... "Someone Who Cares" list http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ Ultimate Hosts…
  18. …being blocked and add new domains/lists easily. For example, I also add all facebook domains ( https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... ) and sometimes Hacker news when I want to be productive.
  19. You can find blocklists on github, here is an example: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  20. …specifically block facebook domains. then if they swap em around ips etc. you will still block them https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... there's more of these kinds of lists out there for other intrusive ad…
  21. I can’t see this site because I use Pihole and this: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  22. Ok, here it is: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... That's not me, but it's the list I use.
    comment by hairofadog · 2019-01-20 · in Ask HN: How to deal with internet addiction?
  23. …bit) not using. But I don't miss Facebook, Instagram, etc. at all. [1] https://pi-hole.net/ [2] https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  24. I cut&pasted this into my /etc/hosts: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  25. Just as alternative, I am using this and it works great: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... (I don't use FB)
    comment by _o_ · 2018-04-18 · in Facebook Container for Firefox
  26. To Completely Block Facebook: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  27. …am missing your point, if you just add this to your /etc/hosts file facebook can track any pixels: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
    comment by misiti3780 · 2018-03-27 · in How I Erased Facebook Comments and Likes
  28. …trying to permanently ditch Facebook, adding these entries to your hosts file is also a good step. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... At the very least, it helps break the habit of visiting Facebook.
    comment by riebschlager · 2018-03-27 · in How I Erased Facebook Comments and Likes
  29. Additionally: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... or https://pastebin.com/V9nzBXnx I only blocked some of these domains. Blocking all Google domains basically makes the Internet unusable.
    comment by 4684499 · 2018-03-21 · in Blocklist Facebook domains
  30. …to see HackerNews create pull requests to make the list more up to date. I hope they get committed. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/pulls
    comment by snowpanda · 2018-03-21 · in Blocklist Facebook domains
  31. Ok, we've added 2016 above. Unsurprisingly, there is recent stuff on https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/pulls . If anyone notices it getting updated, could you tell us? hn@ycombinator.com is best.
    comment by dang · 2018-03-20 · in Blocklist Facebook domains
  32. …and added all the facebook domains to my /etc/hosts sinkhole[¹] I can finally breathe again. [¹] https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
    comment by DyslexicAtheist · 2018-01-12 · in Social Media: Making Us Dumber?
  33. BTW, there is a github repo that lists every domain owned by facebook, they have ~900 domains now. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  34. …Add: https://github.com/straytachyon/dnsmasq_ad_block_script Add2: You can even block select corp: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists Add3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11791052
    comment by omnifischer · 2017-07-08 · in How to See What the Internet Knows About You
  35. Quitting facebook is not enough. I recommend blocking all via hosts file. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  36. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists
    comment by omnifischer · 2017-06-28 · in Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users
  37. uBlock, uMatrix & host based blocklists are the price of entry these days. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio... Block at your router if you can, then any mobile devices on your network enjoy ad/tracker blocking…
  38. …arguments out there. For those who want to try a true block of FB and all its works, try this... https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  39. …text file as your hosts file (the location is mentioned in the first few comments of the text) https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
    comment by slowmotiony · 2017-03-06 · in Zuckerberg World President
  40. If you don't use Facebook, you should block all their domains https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio...
    comment by temp · 2017-03-06 · in Zuckerberg World President
  41. …go the full ban hammer route and add all of facebook's known domains to your hosts file[0]. [0] - https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio...
    comment by bballer · 2017-02-05 · in Facebook is terrifying
  42. There is a '/etc/hosts' blocklist here: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... in case you do not want facebook on your computer...
    comment by johnsea · 2017-02-04 · in Facebook is terrifying
  43. Good work. More here https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
  44. 1. Of course! 2. It's not too late to delete your account. Go for it! 3. Block it all! https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  45. uBlock origin and hosts file blockers are much better. https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio... http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
  46. DNS hosts blocklist for all Facebook related trackers (you'd be surprised at how many there are) https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
  47. …ad network (including "free" apps) to all the sites/services in their network (WhatsApp, Instagram) https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...