Comment on Self-Hosting a DNS Sinkhole is really important

• GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s free for a limited number of queries per month. Generally enough for one device (depending on personal usage, obviously).

  Mullvad has a free ad-blocking DNS you can use, too. I recommend the “base” version: mullvad.net/en/…/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

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  • Seimhe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thanks very much for the explanation. I’ve installed NextDNS in my phone now and will do other devices as I get to them.

    I don’t recommend Mullvad, and I appeal to everyone to stop recommending them. The monies they receive directly funds fascism and is responsible for serious harm to society and erosion of democracy.

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    • chagall@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      FYI you can point your home router to NextDNS and quickly get whole-house coverage that way. This is good for things like smart tvs, Roku/android boxes, kindles etc.

      Installing directly on your phone & laptop is best for devices that will travel outside of your home network.

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      • Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Do note: this might break a lot of websites people go to. I used NextDNS for my router and a family member couldn’t get to shopping websites like Hot Topic or Uniqlo. They straight up block you.

        I gave up and put ISP dns bavk and just use Unbound on the router + enable NextDNS on Individual devices.

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      • Seimhe@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Oh, that’s fantastic advice. Thank you!

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  • BobDolesBBallHandle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Please know this service will be ending next month.

    mullvad.net/…/shutting-down-our-public-encrypted-…

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    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well crud.

      Sounds like Quad9 doesn’t actually do ad blocking, so that’s not much of a replacement.

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