Make a Category for Analytics Domains

March 24, 2016 15:17

There are many domains that collect user data from other websites like googleanalytics, alexa, doubleclick and so on.
A category where these domains cold be tagged (and maybe blocked if somebody want) would be cool.

It will be a huge brick in the puzzle of the "Do-not-track" idea.

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rotblitz March 24, 2016 15:31

Why do you think you want this to be done by a DNS service in the cloud?

Better use a local tool to do this, especially if you want to reduce the related internet traffic if doing this over the cloud.
For example: https://ghostery.com/our-solutions/ghostery-browser-extention/ does exactly what you're looking for! And far better than a DNS service could do it.

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nissennetz March 24, 2016 15:40

Yes, you're right. Browser-AddOns like Ghostery, Privacy Badger and so on do this. But there are many other ways to browse the internet where you could'nt install an privacy AddOn.

For example: Smart-TVs, Gaming-Consoles, some kind of smartphones and tablets, musicstations etc.
On top, you have to configure every gadget in your network to prevent tracking your browsing (if this gadget is able to do this). The DNS service in the cloud will block this on a higher level. Even when your gadget you use for internet browsing isn't able to install such addons.

That's my (maybe silly) idea :-)

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rotblitz March 24, 2016 17:23

Yes, you're quite right in this case. There are devices where you cannot install such add-ons.
Well, yes, you can do this yourself to eliminate more than 95% of tracking. You'll have to add at least these domains to your always block list:

2mdn.net
2o7.net
abmr.net
addthis.com
adform.net
adhigh.net
adition.com
adlink.net
adnxs.com
adplxmd.com
adroll.com
adrotator.se
adrtx.net
adserver.yahoo.com
adshost1.com
adshost2.com
adshost3.com
adsunflower.com
advertising.com
adzerk.net
analytics.yahoo.com
atdmt.com
audiencescience.com
brightcove.com
criteo.com
doubleclick.net
google-analytics.com
googleadservices.com
googlesyndication.com
googletagmanager.com
intellitxt.com
kissmetrics.com
krux.com
krxd.net
liveadexchanger.com
llnwd.net
mathtag.com
mediavoice.com
meetrics.net
msads.net
mxcdn.net
newrelic.com
nuggad.net
onclickads.net
optimizely.com
outbrain.com
quality-channel.de
plista.com
pubmatic.com
quantserve.com
rackcdn.com
rackspace.com
refinedads.com
revsci.net
saymedia.com
smartadserver.com
sojern.com
symcd.com
turn.com
vinsight.de
visualrevenue.com
webtrekk.net
yieldlab.net
yieldmanager.com

These almost fit into the size coming with OpenDNS VIP (50 blacklist and 50 whitelist entries).

Btw, this is an extract of what I have blocked on my router. So, if your router allows for maintaining a blacklist, this is also a viable option.

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nissennetz March 25, 2016 08:34

Yes, I could do that. But my idea is a step further.
Your list is a snapshot of this current most know tracker server. I love the idea behind OpenDNS that there is a community that will keep this list up to date.

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onceaponatime May 13, 2018 09:15

I think this is a great idea, and would benefit anyone connecting to your network with these DNS request being blocked, regardless of the device.

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crazydz July 28, 2023 05:47

Still waiting for OpenDNS to create this Catagory!

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