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How to block Mozilla telemetry/spying using pihole? (lemmy.myserv.one)

submitted 1 day ago by Flare9@lemmy.myserv.one to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What are the domains, and how do you find them? Can I use a wildcard like *.mozilla.net and still firefox/thunderbird works?

Thanks!

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you mostly just need to block incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org

[–] Agility0971@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, thats today that is. What about tomorrow?

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

You're asking if someone can give you the names of any telemetry endpoints that may exist in the future?

If you're that worried about it and suspect Mozilla will act maliciously then you should probably use a different browser/fork. Since pihole blocking depends on the browser respecting your system DNS.

If they were trying to be malicious they could resolve DNS through a custom module over an encrypted connection. Pihole doesn't block DNS, it simply filters the DNS queries issued by your system. Malicious apps can still resolve DNS queries without using your system's DNS which will completely bypass pihole.