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personal DNS filter.
(sh.itjust.works)
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
If you're looking for blocklists, [I use /u/Wally3k's lists](https://wally3k.github.io/) as well as [the /u/LightSwitch05 “Developer Dan” lists](https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/).
I no longer personally use the OISD lists,- [as the maintainer tells you **not** to use any other lists other than theirs](https://reddit.com/r/oisd_blocklist/comments/m6j6fg/oisd_domain_blocklist/) making it difficult to impossible to use the groups feature. Instead, I’ll use a mix of lists and regex blocks. Nor do I recommend the [“Quantum Blocklist that’s been going around - here’s why]( http://web.archive.org/web/20210116004915/https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/issues/13)
[I also suggest these regex blocks](https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/regex.list)
Make sure you read what the different symbols mean with Wally’s blocklists before applying **every** blocklist. If you stick with the check-marked lists you should find that it blocks ads without too many false positives.
More blacklisted items doesn’t mean more items blocked; often time adding too many lists will break legitimate websites.
If you want to, you can reevaluate the added lists after 14-30 days [using this tool (not supported by PiHole devs) to audit which lists are actually used](https://github.com/yubiuser/pihole_adlist_tool). I’ve run this tool and discovered that several lists I added weren’t doing anything at all (If you need help with this tool please use the GitHub page to discuss).
**With the release of v5 memory usage has been reduced when using additional block lists. Also note that with v5 lists are no longer “deduped”.**
I'll have a look at them
Some of this might be old(er) info; it’s been a while since I posted / edited it.