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Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly

11 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 0 stories, 11 comments · first 2018-08-03 · latest 2023-06-16

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  1. …is on developerdans "Ads & Tracking" blocklist[1], if you're wondering why this doesn't load. [1]: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/blob/master/docs/list...
    comment by wasmitnetzen · 2023-06-16 · in Annoying A/B testing mistakes
  2. …even more so to circumvent their protections against tracking. I added your domain to my blocklist: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/bb2cd77c9ec028...
    comment by lightswitch05 · 2021-01-06 · in Matomo: Open-source analytics platform
  3. …gstaticadssl.l.google.com and most blockers will block based on CNAME values now. Oh well. [0] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts#google-fonts
    comment by lightswitch05 · 2020-12-04 · in Self-host your fonts for better performance
  4. …or Chromium either. I might need to open fonts.google.com Edit Edit: this seems to be the issue https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts#google-fonts
  5. …worried about it connecting to another network. [0] https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/ [1] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/issues/230
  6. Incorrect. Plausible has been blocked in my list since April 8th, including custom.plausible.io: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/21fd108ffd2996...
    comment by lightswitch05 · 2020-07-13 · in 13% of my website visitors block Google Analytics
  7. …origin if you have CNAME blocking enabled. [1] https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/ [2] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/commit/21fd108ffd2996...
    comment by lightswitch05 · 2020-07-13 · in 13% of my website visitors block Google Analytics
  8. …list specifically for AMP hosts. If anyone else wishes to block some AMP hosts, here is the link: https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/blob/master/amp-hosts... I don't use Google anymore, so the list only has 362 at the moment, but I…
  9. …we could discuss it. Sometimes it isn't clear cut between ads & tracking and useful services. [1] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts [2] https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
    comment by lightswitch05 · 2018-09-26 · in Mmm, Pi-hole
  10. …It made more since once I figured that out because these logs are huge and go back years. [1] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts [2] https://github.com/SSLMate/certspotter [3] https://www.entrust.com/ct-search/
  11. …but I applaud your decision to remove AMP. The web isn't meant to be centralized in this way. [1] https://github.com/lightswitch05/hosts/blob/master/tracking-...
    comment by lightswitch05 · 2018-08-03 · in One Year Without AMP