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    Auto Hosts

    Automate hosts file updates on Linux and MacOS. Block Firefox telemetry, Google snooping and web trackers at the root.

    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Linux
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    What is Auto Hosts?

    Hosts file are a useful redundancy when coupled with ad blockers like uBlock Origin and uMatrix - while debugging or 'Temporarily Allow All on this Site' with Noscript can open you up to underlying attacks or privacy intrusions.

    In-browser filters won't protect you if the browser itself is phoning home.

    If you have an up-to-date hosts file, the risk is severely lessened.

    Auto Hosts will automate the setup process for maintaining an up to date hosts file, by:

    - Installing a weekly cronjob to pull a copy of Steven Black's Host file (default is every Sunday at 7:22pm)
    - Appends Facebook trackers, Linkedin ads, Google fonts, Firefox telemetry and other harvester sites that curated lists for whatever reason, have not added to their blacklists
    - Refreshes DNS to instantiate the re-routed changes (Mac Only)
    - If Devdom is installed, append all local virtualhosts

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    Great idea and approach for protecting privacy.

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    • hosts
    • ipblocking
    • hostfile
    • telemetry
    • Privacy Tool
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    Summary

    Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Auto Hosts, and it has gotten 3 likes

    • Developed by Angela D
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
    • 15 alternatives listed

    GitHub repository

    •  70 Stars
    •  4 Forks
    •  2 Open Issues
    •   Updated Apr 21, 2022
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    Auto Hosts was added to AlternativeTo by angelad on Nov 21, 2018 and this page was last updated Dec 27, 2021.

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