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Protecting your devices with nextdns.io a DNS based service that blocks malicious websites, trackers, ads, typo squatting domains, new or parked domains, TLD’s, mature YouTube content and comments and more

March 13, 2020 by Simon

I was going to setup a local (in my house) PiHole (with a Raspberry PI) that blocks internet trackers (DNS Sinkhole) and Advertisements (yes, like the ones on my website) because I don’t want my kids consuming a bucket loads of Advertisements online when they watch YouTube.

I am against online trackers and big data building a profiles on kids that are 6 and 10 years old. I have stopped using Facebook, Twitter and stopped using Google Analytics on this website.

I demo’ed to my son about the big data sucking up his data by looking at an IT retailer here in Australia for a random computer product then a few seconds later we looked as  news sites (with Advertisements) in the UK and the US and to his surprise Advertisements for the randomly selected product in Australia was on his screen (sent from the other side of the world).

I am not against Content Creators making money from Advertisement revenue  I am against the privacy issue.  If you love consuming a Content Creators stuff then support them on their Merch store(s).

I don’t want my kids to accidentally fall victim to Malware, Cryptojacking, Phishing or spammy or known bad websites.  I have a leading Antivirus products on their Computers but it is best not to put all of your eggs in one basket.

Enter https://nextdns.io (Free)

fyi: NextDNS.io is in BETA development and if you want rock a rock solid experience you may want to wait until until the beta period is over (Maybe March 2020.  The only issue I have had is the NextDNS.io systray app sometimes does not open, I can work around this by starting and stopping the NextDNS.io service (“NextDNS DNS53 to DoH proxy“) in the Windows services app.

You can probably tell from the title of this post that NextDNS is a DNS based service that blocks malicious websites, trackers, ads, typo squatting domains, new or parked domains, TLD’s, mature YouTube content and comments and more.  In my research for PiHole I found that nextdns.io was mentioned (How-to: Pi-Hole Plus DNSCrypt Setup on Raspberry Pi 4).

I logged into https://nextdns.io/ and was impressed by their slick interface.

Quick Setup Steps

  1. Create a free account at https://my.nextdns.io/signup
  2. Login to https://my.nextdns.io/ and click the Setup tab
  3. Choose your platform that you want to setup nextdns onto (e.g Windows, Android etc)
  4. Follow the setup prompts to access the installer and obtain the Configuration ID
  5. Setup the app and enter the Configuration ID
  6. Enable NextDNS

Then login to the analytics tab at https://my.nextdns.io/ to see the app in action

Read on for more technical information

https://my.nextdns.io/ Security Options (Tab)

On their account page they had these features

Threat Intelligence Feeds
Block domains known to distribute malware or launch phishing attacks and botnet command-and-control servers using a blend of the most reputable threat intelligence feeds—all updated in real-time.

Google Safe Browsing
Block malware and phishing domains using Google Safe Browsing—a technology that examines billions of URLs per day looking for unsafe websites. Unlike the version embedded in some browsers, this does not associate your public IP address to threats and does not allow bypassing the block.

Cryptojacking Protection
Prevent the unauthorized use of your devices to mine cryptocurrency.

DNS Rebinding Protection
Prevent attackers from taking control of your local devices through the Internet by automatically blocking DNS responses containing private IP addresses.

IDN Homograph Attacks Protection
Block domains that impersonate other domains by abusing the large character set made available with the arrival of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)—e.g. replacing the Latin letter “e” with the Cyrillic letter “е”.

Typosquatting Protection
Block domains registered by malicious actors that target users who incorrectly type a website address into their browser (e.g. gooogle.com instead of google.com).

Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs) Protection
Block domains generated by Domain Generation Algorithms (DGAs) seen in various families of malware that can be used as rendezvous points with their command and control servers.

Block Newly Registered Domains (NRDs)
Block domains registered less than 30 days ago. Those domains are known to be favored by threat actors to launch malicious campaigns.

Block Parked Domains
Parked domains are single-page websites often laden with ads and devoid of any value. Parked domain monetization can sometimes get mixed up with suspicious practices and malicious content.

Top-Level Domains (TLDs) Blocking
Block all domains and subdomains belonging to specific TLDs (e.g “.ru”).

Block Child _______ Abuse Material (CSAM)
Block domains hosting child ______ abuse material with the help of Project Arachnid, operated by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection. No information is transmitted back to Project Arachnid when a domain is blocked.

https://my.nextdns.io/ Privacy Options (Tab)

Under their privacy tab they offer these features

NextDNS Recommended Ads & Trackers Blocklist
A comprehensive blocklist to block ads & trackers in all countries. This is the recommended starter blocklist.

> 78,795 entries • Updated 6 minutes ago

Block Disguised Third-Party Trackers
Automatically detect and block third-party trackers disguising themselves as first-party to circumvent recent browser’s privacy protections like ITP.

Allow Affiliate & Tracking Links (Disabled by default)

Allow affiliate & tracking domains common on deals websites, in emails or in search results. Those usually only get called after manually clicking on a link.

https://my.nextdns.io/ Parental Controls (Tab)

Under the Parental Controls tab these options are available

Safe Search
Filter out adult content on all major search engines, including images and videos. This will also block access to search engines not supporting this feature.

YouTube Restricted Mode
Filter out mature videos on YouTube and block embedded mature videos from being watched on other websites. This will also hide all comments.

Block Bypass Methods
Prevent or hinder the use of methods that can help bypass NextDNS filtering on the network. This includes VPNs, proxies, Tor-related software and encrypted DNS providers.

https://my.nextdns.io/ Blacklist Controls

You have the ability to blacklist (block) one or many domains. I decided to block a few sites from my kids eyes.

3 sites added to the blacklisy

https://my.nextdns.io/ Whitelist Controls

You have the ability to whitelist (allow) one or many domains.  I white;listed my site.

I whitelisted fearby.com

IMHO: The words Blacklist and Whitelist are a bit old, maybe they should use Allow Site/Deny Site?

How to Setup nextdns.io

Easy setup instructions are available for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, Firefox and Routers

Setup instructions for Android, iOS,  Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, Firefox, Routers

I set these options

I disabled access to Mature websites along with Gambling, Piracy and Dating sites at my.nextdns.io

Disabled options

I enabled the Block Bypass Methods

option to enable bypass block

I enabled YouTube Restriction Mode

Setting to enable YouTube restriction mode

I went to the Privacy Tab at https://my.nextdns.io and added all Blocklists (about 100 lists).

100+ block lists

Tip: Don’t enable the “No Google (Completely block Google and its services)” as this will kill YouTube and my email (GSuite)

I am impressed by the number of available Blocklists and update frequency

Block ads & trackers using the most popular blocklists available—all updated in real-time.

Here is a list of the BLock lists availabe at the tile of this post.

NextDNS Recommended Ads & Trackers Blocklist
A comprehensive blocklist to block ads & trackers in all countries. This is the recommended starter blocklist.
78,795 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

AdGuard Simplified Domain Names filter
A filter composed of several other filters (English filter, Social media filter, Spyware filter, Mobile Ads filter, EasyList and EasyPrivacy) and simplified specifically to be better compatible with DNS-level ad blocking.
github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardSDNSFilter • 29,858 entries • Updated 13 hours ago

hpHosts (ATS / Ads & trackers)
hpHosts is a community managed and maintained hosts file that allows an additional layer of protection against access to ad, tracking and malicious websites.
hosts-file.net • 45,734 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Steven Black
Extending and consolidating hosts files from several well-curated sources like adaway.org, mvps.org, malwaredomainlist.com, someonewhocares.org, and potentially others.
github.com/StevenBlack/hosts • 51,977 entries • Updated a day ago

Disconnect (Tracking)
Free yourself from unwanted tracking. Enjoy a faster, safer internet.
disconnect.me • 34 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Disconnect (Ads)
Free yourself from unwanted tracking. Enjoy a faster, safer internet.
disconnect.me • 2,701 entries • Updated 2 days ago

CAMELEON
CAMELEON is a free system that helps Internet users or administrators to blocks web-adverts.
sysctl.org/cameleon • 20,568 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Anudeep’s Blacklist
A list of adserving and tracking sites maintained by me. This list will be updated frequently. github.com/anudeepND/blacklist • 38,251 entries • Updated 2 days ago

NSABlocklist
Block all known NSA / GCHQ / C.I.A. / F.B.I. spying servers. Originally based on 2007 published Wikileaks documents and includes my own modifications from 2008, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
github.com/CHEF-KOCH/NSABlocklist • 8,199 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

EasyList
EasyList is the primary filter list that removes most adverts from international webpages, including unwanted frames, images and objects. It is the most popular list used by many ad blockers and forms the basis of over a dozen combination and supplementary filter lists.
easylist.to • 17,646 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

Peter Lowe
Blocklist for use with hosts files to block ads.
pgl.yoyo.org/adservers • 3,283 entries • Updated 11 hours ago

notracking
Automatically updated, moderated and optimized list for blocking ads, trackers and other online garbage.

github.com/notracking/hosts-blocklists • 81,155 entries • Updated 7 hours ago

EasyPrivacy
EasyPrivacy is an optional supplementary filter list that completely removes all forms of tracking from the internet, including web bugs, tracking scripts and information collectors, thereby protecting your personal data.
easylist.to • 6,869 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

AdGuard Mobile Ads filter
Filter that blocks ads on mobile devices. Contains all known mobile ad networks.
kb.adguard.com/general/adguard-ad-filters#mobile-ads-filter • 1,002 entries • Updated 19 hours ago

Fanboy’s Annoyance List
Fanboy’s Annoyance List blocks Social Media content, in-page pop-ups and other annoyances; thereby substantially decreasing web page loading times and uncluttering them.
easylist.to • 1,028 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

StreamingAds
Streaming services ads sources.
github.com/FadeMind/hosts.extras • 57 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Disconnect (Malvertising)
Free yourself from unwanted tracking. Enjoy a faster, safer internet.
disconnect.me • 2,736 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Goodbye Ads
Specially Designed for Mobile Ad Protection.
github.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds • 76,536 entries • Updated 2 days ago

AdGuard Tracking Protection filter
The most comprehensive list of various online counters and web analytics tools. If you do not want your actions on the Internet be tracked, use this filter.
kb.adguard.com/general/adguard-ad-filters#tracking-protection-filter • 5,014 entries • Updated 18 hours ago

AdAway
Blocking mobile ad providers and some analytics providers.
github.com/AdAway/adaway.github.io • 12,176 entries • Updated 2 days ago

WindowsSpyBlocker (Spy)
Block spying and tracking on Windows systems.
github.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker • 365 entries • Updated 2 days ago

MVPS HOSTS
Includes entries for most major parasites, hijackers and unwanted Adware/Spyware programs!
winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm • 10,476 entries • Updated 2 days ago

AdGuard Base filter
Filter that enables removing of the ads from websites with English content.
kb.adguard.com/general/adguard-ad-filters#base-filter • 19,667 entries • Updated an hour ago

someonewhocares.org (Dan Pollock)
Protects you from many types of spyware, reduces bandwidth use, blocks certain pop-up traps, prevents user tracking by way of “web bugs” embedded in spam, provides partial protection to IE from certain web-based exploits and blocks most advertising you would otherwise be subjected to on the internet.
someonewhocares.org/hosts • 14,404 entries • Updated 2 days ago

dbl.oisd.nl
Internet’s #1 domain blocklist. Blocks Ads, Mobile Ads, Phishing, Malvertising, Malware, Tracking, Telemetry, CryptoJacking, Analytics, Spyware, Ransomware, Exploid, Fraud, Abuse, Scam, Spam, Hijack, Misleading Marketing.
oisd.nl • 1,160,440 entries • Updated 5 hours ago

NoTrack Tracker Blocklist
Contains one of the largest compilation of sites associated with tracking your online activities and invading your privacy.
gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists • 13,412 entries • Updated 2 days ago

antipopads
List of popads.net domains.
github.com/Yhonay/antipopads • 11,442 entries • Updated a day ago

1Hosts (Complete)
Protect your ‘data’ & eyeballs from being auctioned to the highest bidder.
forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/badmojr-one-host-file-to-block-t3713360 • 66,731 entries • Updated 2 days ago

AdGuard Social Media filter
If you do not like numerous «Like» and «Tweet» buttons on all the popular websites on the Internet, subscribe to this filter, and you will not see them anymore.
kb.adguard.com/general/adguard-ad-filters#social-media-filter • 55 entries • Updated 3 hours ago

squidblacklist.org (Ads)
Blocks advertisements and tracking.
www.squidblacklist.org • 552 entries • Updated a month ago

UncheckyAds
Windows installers ads sources.
unchecky.com • 10 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List
Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List blocks common tracking scripts such as Omniture, Webtrends, Foresee, Coremetrics, Google-Analytics, Touchclarity, ChannelIntelligence.
fanboy.co.nz • 151 entries • Updated 2 days ago

EasyList China
EasyList China is an affiliated filter list written by John and Li that specifically removes adverts on Chinese language websites.
easylist.to/pages/other-supplementary-filter-lists-and-easylist-variants.html • 5,818 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

280blocker
280blocker adblock domain lists.
280blocker.net • 1,059 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Lightswitch05 – Ads & Tracking
A programmatically expanded list of hosts I’ve found to not be on other lists.
www.github.developerdan.com/hosts • 107,013 entries • Updated 21 hours ago

Shalla’s Blacklists (tracker)
Site keeping an eye on where you surf and what you do in a passive. Covers web bugs, counters and other tracking mechanism in web pages that do not interfere with the local computer yet collecting information about the surfing person for later analyis. Sites actively spying out the surfer by installing software or calling home sites are not covered with tracker but with -> spyware.
www.shallalist.de • 1,246 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Shalla’s Blacklists (adv)
All about advertising: This includes sites offering banners and banner creation as well as sites delivering banners to be shown in webpages. Advertising companies are listed, too.
www.shallalist.de • 14,275 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Energized Ultimate
Strictly blocks advertisements, malwares, spams, statistics & trackers on both web browsing and applications. Flagship Protection Pack from Energized Protection.
github.com/EnergizedProtection/block • 970,212 entries • Updated 16 hours ago

EasyList Germany
EasyList Germany is a filter list written by the EasyList authors MonztA, Famlam and Khrin that specifically removes adverts on German language websites.
easylist.to/pages/other-supplementary-filter-lists-and-easylist-variants.html • 595 entries • Updated a day ago

CHEF-KOCH’s HOSTS Spotify Ad-Filter List
Blocks all Spotify Ads, easy peasy lemon squeezy!
github.com/CHEF-KOCH/Spotify-Ad-free • 4,041 entries • Updated 2 days ago

add.2o7Net
2o7 Network tracking.
hostsfile.org/hosts.html • 1,286 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Personal Blocklist by WaLLy3K
Content added to this list has been manually verified, and is updated irregularly. firebog.net/about • 753 entries • Updated 2 days ago

EasyList Dutch
EasyList Dutch is an affiliated filter list written by the EasyList author Famlam that specifically removes adverts on Dutch language websites.
easylist.to/pages/other-supplementary-filter-lists-and-easylist-variants.html • 83 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

Liste FR
Liste FR is an affiliated filter list written by Lian, Crits and smed79 that specifically removes adverts on French language websites.
easylist.to/pages/other-supplementary-filter-lists-and-easylist-variants.html • 5,411 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

Energized Basic
Strictly blocks advertisements, malwares, spams, statistics & trackers on both web browsing and applications. An All-Rounder Balanced Protection Pack.
github.com/EnergizedProtection/block • 654,392 entries • Updated 16 hours ago

CertyficateIT
Polish ads filter.
github.com/MajkiIT/polish-ads-filter • 3,128 entries • Updated 8 hours ago

Energized Regional Extension
Strictly blocks advertisements, malwares, spams, statistics & trackers on both web browsing and applications. An Extension to Block Regional Annoyances.
github.com/EnergizedProtection/block • 64,320 entries • Updated 16 hours ago

Energized Spark
Strictly blocks advertisements, malwares, spams, statistics & trackers on both web browsing and applications. True Lite Blocking.
github.com/EnergizedProtection/block • 67,662 entries • Updated 16 hours ago

ABPindo
ABPindo is an affiliated filter list written by hermawan that specifically removes adverts on Indonesian language websites.
github.com/ABPindo/indonesianadblockrules • 594 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Energized Blu
Strictly blocks advertisements, malwares, spams, statistics & trackers on both web browsing and applications. A Mid Ranger Flagship Protection Pack.
github.com/EnergizedProtection/block • 330,817 entries • Updated 16 hours ago

EasyList Italy
EasyList Italy is a filter list written by the EasyList author Khrin that specifically removes adverts on Italian language websites.
easylist.to/pages/other-supplementary-filter-lists-and-easylist-variants.html • 204 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

AdGuard Russian filter
Filter that enables removing of the ads from websites in Russian.
kb.adguard.com/general/adguard-ad-filters#russian-filter • 3,944 entries • Updated an hour ago

Energized Blu Go
Strictly blocks advertisements, malwares, spams, statistics & trackers on both web browsing and applications. A Lightweight Mid Ranger Protection Pack.
github.com/EnergizedProtection/block • 131,781 entries • Updated 16 hours ago

RU AdList
Russian supplement for EasyList.
forums.lanik.us/viewforum.php?f=102 • 7,887 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

yhosts
AD hosts爱好群,群号:201973909;
github.com/vokins/yhosts • 8,940 entries • Updated 2 days ago

EasyList Hebrew
EasyList Hebrew is an affiliated filter list written by BsT that specifically removes adverts on Hebrew language websites.
github.com/easylist/EasyListHebrew • 129 entries • Updated 13 hours ago

EasyList Czech and Slovak
EasyList Czech and Slovak is an affiliated filter list written by tomasko126 that specifically removes adverts on Czech and Slovak language websites.
github.com/tomasko126/easylistczechandslovak • 83 entries • Updated 2 days ago

hostsVN
Hosts block ads of Vietnamese – Hosts chặn quảng cáo của người Việt.
github.com/bigdargon/hostsVN • 18,846 entries • Updated 2 hours ago

Lightswitch05 – Tracking Aggressive
A very aggressive block list for tracking, geo-targeting, & ads. This list will likely break functionality, so do not use it unless you are willing to maintain your own whitelist.
www.github.developerdan.com/hosts • 4,919 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Liste AR
Liste AR is an affiliated filter list written by smed79 and Crits that specifically removes adverts on Arabic language websites.
easylist.to/pages/other-supplementary-filter-lists-and-easylist-variants.html • 85 entries • Updated 17 minutes ago

Bulgarian list
Bulgarian list is an affiliated filter list written by Alex that specifically removes adverts on Bulgarian language websites.
easylist.to/pages/other-supplementary-filter-lists-and-easylist-variants.html • 10 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Latvian List
Latvian List is an affiliated filter list written by anonymous74100 that specifically removes adverts on Latvian language websites.
notabug.org/latvian-list/adblock-latvian • 53 entries • Updated 2 days ago

EasyList Lithuania
EasyList Lithuania is an affiliated filter list written by gymka that specifically removes adverts on Lithuanian language websites.
github.com/EasyList-Lithuania/easylist_lithuania • 19 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Energized Xtreme Extension
Strictly blocks advertisements, malwares, spams, statistics & trackers on both web browsing and applications. An Extreme Solution for Ultimate Protection.
github.com/EnergizedProtection/block • 32,635 entries • Updated 16 hours ago

hufilter
Block hungarian ads.
github.com/hufilter/hufilter • 149 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Finnish Easylist Addition
Finnish adblock list.
github.com/finnish-easylist-addition/finnish-easylist-addition • 66 entries • Updated 2 days ago

ABPVN List
The ABP advertising filter is built with the mission of improving the browsing experience for users and for the Vietnamese.
abpvn.com • 19,490 entries • Updated 2 hours ago

Frellwit’s Swedish Hosts File
Reduce your exposure to ads, tracking, scams & badware, and occasionally some annoyances on (mostly) Swedish websites.
github.com/lassekongo83/Frellwits-filter-lists • 669 entries • Updated 2 days ago

1Hosts (Pro)
Protect your ‘data’ & eyeballs from being auctioned to the highest bidder.
forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/badmojr-one-host-file-to-block-t3713360 • 215,683 entries • Updated 2 days ago

bkrucarci turk-adlist
Ad servers list to block ads on Turkish websites.
github.com/bkrucarci/turk-adlist • 847 entries • Updated 2 days ago

AdAway Blocking Hosts File for Japan
AdAwayで使用可能な、日本環境用 広告除去用hostsを公開します。日本環境用に特化しています。
logroid.github.io/adaway-hosts • 31,809 entries • Updated 2 days ago

Goodbye Ads Ultra
Specially Designed for Mobile Ad Protection. Premium protection.
github.com/jerryn70/GoodbyeAds • 459,196 entries • Updated 2 days ago

ad-wars
只是 ad-wars 的帮助文档
github.com/jdlingyu/ad-wars • 1,548 entries • Updated 2 days ago

1Hosts (mini)
Protect your ‘data’ & eyeballs from being auctioned to the highest bidder.
forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/badmojr-one-host-file-to-block-t3713360 • 53,512 entries • Updated 2 days ago

YousList
Block filter for advertisements, mainly on Korean sites.
github.com/yous/YousList • 145 entries • Updated 5 hours ago

No Google Completely block Google and its services. github.com/nickspaargaren/no-google • 302 entries • Updated 2 days ago

That is a lot of protection

Nextdns.io Android Setup

I setup nextdns.io on my Android 10 Device

I installed the official NextDNS app from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.nextdns.NextDNS) 

After the app was installed I entered my specified Configuration ID (tip: don’t copy the space on the end of the text) into the In the NextDNS app.

Now I can enable or disable the NextDNS.io protections.

Next DNS App on Androiud (Simple Connect/Disconnect Button)

Options are available in the app but are limited. If you need to change options go to https://my.nextdns.io/

NectDNS.io Android App Settings.

I enabled NextDNS then I tried accessing a mature website.

Access to the site was blocked.

Access to a mature site is blocked

I tried bypassing the invalid HTTP’s certificate.

This too was blocked also.

I opened YouTube and some advertisements were gone but not all (Hello PewDiePie, nice Merch)

NO ads in YouTube

Comments were disabled, Nice. Restricted mode is enabled, this is perfect for my kids (PewDiePie Fans).

NO Comments in YouTube.

I am not against Content Creators making money from Advertisement revenue I am against the privacy issue.  If you love consuming a Content Creators stuff then support them on their Merch store(s).

Windows 10 Setup

Installing on Windows is easy, login to https://my.nextdns.io/ and click on the Windows Button

1. Install the official NextDNS app → https://nextdns.io/download/windows/stable.

Click Next

Agree to the licence agreement

Agree to the licence agreement

Choose an Install location

Choose an Install location

Installing TAP Device (looks like it is from https://openvpn.net/)

Installing TAP Device (looks like it is from https://openvpn.net/)

You need to install the device.

Install Driver Screenshost

2. After installing, right-click on NextDNS icon in the Systray then open the Settings. Set your supplied ###### as Configuration ID found at 

3. Right-click on NextDNS icon in the Systray, then click on Enable.

add your config ID to the setup screen

You can enable or disable the NextDNS service from the Windows system tray

You can enable or disable the NextDNS service from the Windows system tray

You can also Start and Stop the service from the Windows services app

Start stop a service screenshot

Blocking bad sites , YouTube comments etc all work on Windows as they do on Android.

Nextdns.io iPad Setup

If I can get my daughters iPad from her hands I will show the steps.  Basically the same as android but from the Google Play store.

1. Install our official app from the App Store → https://apps.apple.com/app/nextdns/id1463342498

2. Open the app then go to Settings and toggle “Use Custom Configuration”. Enter your Configuration ID 

3. Enable NextDNS in the NextDNS iOS app

Blocking bad sites , YouTube comments etc all work on iOS as they do on Windows and Android.

Analyics (the nest feature)

The best part of NextDNS.io is the superb analytics available.  Because they are a DNS server they can track incoming request(s) from all of my connected computes.

In 2 days my home network made 22,247 queries to the internet, 5684 requests were blocked, I could see the top accessed websites (antivirus and kids games) and a map of where the requests were going.

nextdns.io analytics is awesome.

If the Analytics was not enough I could see all the requests logs.

I filtered all blocked web traffic.

List of web traffic blocked.

The internet is a dumpster fire with all this tracking.

dumpster fire meme

Pricing

Snip from here. “Pricing is completely free during the beta, then free up until about 300,000 DNS queries/month — $1.99/month for unlimited queries. If you decide to stay on the free plan, NextDNS will simply behave like a classic public resolver after reaching the 300,000 queries limit.”

Conclusion

Don’t surf the web without protection. Every parent should install this on their kids machines.

I can’t wait for this product to leave beta, I wan’t this service in my house.

I have not been paid to promote this product.

 

 

 

 

 

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