My list of hosts

[shreyasminocha]

I found most of these through uMatrix. I usually avoid adding hosts that are already blocked in the other lists I use with uMatrix and uBO. I also usually avoid adding root domains, especially when they aren't serving scripts/images on third-party sites.

It isn't particularly large at the moment and it's also very new (I only recently realized I was finding enough of these to warrant making a separate list), but I'll try to consistently update it—time will tell.

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❯ ghosts -c https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shreyasminocha/shady-hosts/main/hosts

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Base hosts file summary:
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Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
Domains: 58,750
Bytes: 1.8 MB
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Compared hosts file summary:
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Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shreyasminocha/shady-hosts/main/hosts
Domains: 135
Bytes: 4.0 kB
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Intersection: 27 domains

Edit: moved repository and list to GitHub on dnmTX's suggestion.

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[StevenBlack]

Hi Shreyas @shreyasminocha thank you for this.

Normally I require a notable track record of list curation before accepting and integrating a new source.

I've looked at some of your other projects, and I'm happy to include your list, provided you continue to actively update and curate it. In particular, a good list isn't an add-only bucket. Active curation means, keeping it pertinent and compact.

If you create a PR that includes a new folder with an update.json file like those found in the data folder here, I'll merge it into a subsequent release.

Thanks Shreyas! Stay awesome!

[ThomasSchmidt1]

Can you please remove the shady list from your steven-black-list?? The shady list is too aggresive. It blocks the domain cdn.privacy-mgmt.com. Without that domain it's impossible to access the important german news portals spiegel.de and faz.de

[StevenBlack]

Hi Shreya @shreyasminocha I notice the shady-hosts blocks rollbar, too.

We've discussed Rollbar many times before here. We've concluded that Rollbar is OK as a significant developer tool. Sentry is another example in this category. Crashlytics, on the other hand, not OK 🙄 It just, depends. We've drawn this line in the past and I'm happy with it.

[StevenBlack]

Thanks for your input Thomas @ThomasSchmidt1. That will be rectified in the next release, imminently.