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Self-Hosting a DNS Sinkhole is really important (www.wired.com)
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[–] 7 points 1 week ago* (10 children)

Thanks for the tip. I can’t find pricing on the NextDNS site. Is it free?

Don’t think I have the spoons for things like PiHole.

Edit: found it via web search https://nextdns.io/pricing

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

    It's free for a limited number of queries per month. Generally enough for one device (depending on personal usage, obviously). Edit: It'll still function as DNS after that limit, you just won't get ad blocking and whatnot.

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

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 1 week 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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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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  • [–] -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Quad9 is a crap choice though 😥

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Why?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    It was founded by the Manhattan district attorney and the city of London police force (https://globalcyberalliance.org/history/) and IBM. I know that they say they are now reincorporated as a nonprofit in Switzerland but I find it suspicious that they don't mention their history on their webpage, the Wikipedia entry doesn't have a history section and the Global Cyber Alliance doesn't have a Wikipedia entry either.

    I might be paranoid but all this seems weird to me and I don't trust them.

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