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PDP-8:
Can anyone recommend any good hosts file blocklists like the old days?

Testing out the ancient Opera-12 on TinyCorePure64, and it may fit my needs for some limited applications.

But obviously the ability to install extensions like uBlock Origin, the fsf's Privacy Badger, and the latest JShelter can't be done.

So at least I'd like to put *something* in there to help prevent modern 3rd party junk from stealing my bandwidth a bit at a time. :)

So if you have any preferences for canned hosts file blocklist, I'm all ears!

patrikg:
Have a look at this site:

https://filterlists.com/

gadget42:
have used Dan Pollock's list for years:
https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
(Dan's rss feed: https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/rss.xml)

also you can have a look at another list provider that doesn't update their list much:
https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
(if nothing else, the webpage has plenty of insightful information)

filter lists is confusing until you get over/past the learning curve/hump:
https://filterlists.com/

PDP-8:
Thanks guys!  Looks like some of those dos-based filterlists needed some cleanup with the dos2unix command to zap those ctrl-m's.

Problem is, my limited TC-fu is eluding me.  I prepend the original hosts file from TC to the new one, but making it actually work / stick / reread has me puzzled.

And simply adding /etc/hosts to my backup list doesn't work either - upon reboot it is zapped and back to the original.  Good security I suppose.

Hmm..  wonder how you guys get TC to reread and activate your new hosts file?

Rich:
Hi PDP-8
I have this in my  /opt/bootlocal.sh  file:

--- Code: ---cat /home/tc/HostsBlocked.txt >> /etc/hosts
--- End code ---

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