jakeogh

dnsgate

Python2015–2019

jakeogh / dnsgate

dnsgate

Combine and deduplicate popular /etc/hosts blocking lists.

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Combine and deduplicate popular /etc/hosts blocking lists.

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2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	4	4
2016	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	13	13
2017	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	5	5
2018	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	3
2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	2

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jakeogh·Jun 10, 2019

Nice to see projects using click! Here's another one to toss on the pile (works, I use it, supports wildcards, *nix only): https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In BeGoneAds – A Python script that blocks ads by installing common hosts files

jakeogh·Jan 24, 2019

another to toss on the pile: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In Blocking website ads with a hosts file

esaym·Sep 26, 2018

If you have a router that already uses dnsmasq (or a simple hosts file) there is the dnsgate script that basically does the same thing: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In Mmm, Pi-hole

jakeogh·Mar 24, 2018

Brand destruction. People already make jokes about "google it; but don't actually". I cant remember the last time I clicked an ad. How about you? Google is not "the web". In "conservative" circles it's more than dead. Only it's bubble prevents you from knowing that. It's doodles are like the bad joke of the day. People love to see what the next one is, but not for reasons goog would like. I got annoyed enough that I made https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate and as you know, there are plenty of similar things. It's only a matter of time. I hope you take don't this the wrong way. I'm being as honest as I can. Google has done amazing things. Android won the mobile market for linux. Google video lit an entire subculture, and youtube for all it's recent problems is an amazing platform. Their software contributions and open source scientific prog

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ress are wonderful things. But, I fear it's too late. They took the social engineering too far, and the owners are too invested in it to fix it.

In The New Law That Killed Craigslist’s Personals Could End the Web as We’ve Known

jakeogh·Mar 20, 2018

My setup: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In Blocklist Facebook domains

jakeogh·Dec 30, 2017

blocklist aggregator: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In “Did you copy/paste the info? Facebook seems to read all pasteboard data”

jakeogh·Dec 29, 2017

starting at the DNS level makes things much smoother: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking measures

jakeogh·Oct 9, 2017

dnsgate does that: https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In Privoxy, a non-caching web proxy with filtering capabilities

jakeogh·Feb 8, 2017

Cutting down DNS lookups and hosts blocking via dnsmasq[1] helps quite a bit. [1] https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In A large fraction of the web is unusable for people on slow connections

jakeogh·Feb 4, 2017

Lots todo, but https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate makes my web experience way better.

In Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide

jakeogh·Nov 3, 2016

https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers with WebSockets

jakeogh·Jul 30, 2016

https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In Optimal DNS Ad Blocker

esaym·Jul 29, 2016

I've been using https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate for about 6 months now. Much better than just throwing stuff into /etc/hosts

In Optimal DNS Ad Blocker

jakeogh·Jun 15, 2016

Anyone looking for a DNS level blocking solution, please checkout https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

In VPAID ads destroy performance and are still served by major ad networks

jakeogh·Jun 11, 2016

I blacklisted them over 2 years ago. Not missed. https://github.com/jakeogh/dnsgate

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