Latest blocklists update includes new source with false positives

seems like the main stevenblack/hosts blocklist has added a new blocklist source

https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/commit/3a35fe82cf4c967e119a7abb856c23762193a87e

https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/Badd-Boyz-Hosts

just noticed it today and tracked it down to this source. seems sketchy to add this blocklist by default.

here are just a few of the false positives it seems to be throwing up:

  • kotaku.com, which is a popular video game news site
  • namecheap.com, a popular domain purchasing and web hosting site
  • thenextweb.com, tech news site
  • blackplanet.com, a dating site
  • example.com, example.com - Wikipedia

i'm sure there might be even more but these are all legit sites. i started noticing the trend after visiting kotaku.com and seeing it blocked. none of these sites are blocked on any other blocklists.

apologies if this seems pedantic but one of the reasons i appreciate pi-hole and its default setup is that it's fairly conservative and avoids many false-positives. so it seemed notable to point this out.

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Thanks for reporting this, I've passed it on up the chain, as we don't actually have direct control over the lists...

We started using StevenBlack's list because it combined several lists that we were already using (why download 5 when you can download 1?) and has, until now, been reliable in terms of the lists he sources. I'm quite unsure about this new one, however.

If it gets to be a problem we can look at going back to sourcing the individual lists...

Reported here:

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Thanks for reporting, fixed this morning in a few commits.
There are a few remnants from an original list I started from a year ago, 95% of my list was built day by from my own server logs used on a few projects. Am busy doing a clean up to check for further false positives. Please feel free to report any other's you may find, you will see I am very quick to respond and correct.

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My latest commit trashed 551 domains that no longer exist, have been deleted or are sitting in redemption. Also removed one or two other false positives I found earlier today. Culling Dead / Deleted Domains · mitchellkrogza/Badd-Boyz-Hosts@e4c822e · GitHub

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