DNS Filters

Hello everyone, here you'll find a research project and a list of the DNS used by certain BigTech companies. These lists are there to be used with applications or extensions that filter via DNS (as a reminder, this is less effective than blocking by IP) for those who are concerned about their privacy and the unauthorised capture of their data. It's a bit of work but you can use these lists without any constraints (apart from keeping me informed of what you do with them) and don't hesitate to give me feedback ! 🖖

Notes :

• Consider this as a work in progress, I stil have to shorten URLs for more convenience and for example.
• If you saw / know some missing DNS, don't hesitate to tell me it will be a great help

Lists

• [ BlockMeta ] Block all Meta's relative DNS like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other trackers

How To Add List on …

… personalDNSfilter

personalDNSfilter is a DNS filter proxy on Android and written in Java. It hooks into the domain name (DNS) resolution and returns the loopback address for filtered hosts. It works with any upstream DNS server - filtering is completely local - no phoning home or such things ! You can run it locally on your device or centrally as DNS server in your network. Project hosted on GitHub.

Steps :

• Open the personalDNSfilter application on your phone
• Go to « Advanced settings »
• Go to « Configure filter update »
• Edit a < new > line
• Put, in that order :

Category : dansleco.de
Name : The name of a list above, for example " BlockMeta "
URL : Same, with the attached URL, for example " https://dansleco.de/danslerush/dns-filters/raw/branch/main/BlockMeta.txt "

• Tick « Active » and validate
• Restart personalDNSfilter to ensure that the new list is taken into account

… uBlock Origin

« uBlock Origin is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking and available for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers (before Manifest V3). uBlock Origin is actively developed and maintained by its creator and lead developer Raymond Hill and the open source community. » Project hosted on GitHub.

Steps :

• Go to the dashboard of uBlock Origin on your browser (by clicking on the extension icon for example)
• Go to « Filter lists » pane
• At the bottom of the pane, click on « Import »
• In the text field, put the URL of a list for example " https://dansleco.de/danslerush/dns-filters/raw/branch/main/BlockMeta.txt "
• At the top of the pane, click on the « Apply changes » button
• And voilà !