Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN

Someone else posted that this isn&#x27;t a feature they would look for in a VPN, and I&#x27;d <i>mostly</i> agree except for one big problem: VPNs are the only way to effectively block things in iOS and (un-rooted) Android, and you can only have one VPN active at a time. This means that you have to choose between either having a proper VPN connected or a fake one to block content you don&#x27;t like. Mullvad&#x27;s ads, trackers and malware blocking DNS has been <i>awesome</i> when I&#x27;m on my iPhone and don&#x27;t want to deal with ads in apps. I&#x27;m sure some other people who have dependence issues with gambling or adult content would appreciate being able to use their preferred VPN while also blocking content.

I&#x27;m Steven Black and they cite my repo as their source for adult content domains.<p>Mullvad VPN seems unclear on the concept, at least in regard to my resource.<p>Using my porn hosts variant directly, they are presently pulling-in 188,735 domains, of which only 43,108 are porn domains. The other domains are adware, malware, etc.<p>I also notice the mullvad&#x2F;dns-adblock repository been in existence since June 7 2022, the date of its first commit. So this is a very new thing.

I do like the way they let you choose any combination of four blockers by setting individual bits in the last octet of the DNS server address.

PiHole lists to achieve the same thing:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oisd.nl&#x2F;downloads" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;oisd.nl&#x2F;downloads</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;blocklistproject&#x2F;Lists&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;blocklistproject&#x2F;Lists&#x2F;</a>

Can you build one that blocks all non-adult and non-gambling content? Asking for a friend…

Does the Adult content filter trigger Restricted Mode on YouTube like CloudFlare&#x27;s 1.1.1.3?<p>That was the one reason I had to give up using adult filters like that.

Sorry for the tangent, but does anyone have a solution for mdns&#x2F;ssdp (Sonos, in my case) while running Mullvad with wireguard?<p>edit: nvm, was trivial to just route it manually. For anyone interested, just something like<p><pre><code> ip route add 239.255.255.250 dev &lt;whichever interface&gt; </code></pre> There probably something more elegant in a wg config somewhere, but this does the job.

I wish there was the option to use both Mullvad + NextDNS.

What irks me about this is the disingenuous concern trolling in the title:<p>&gt; Aiding to break habits<p>If mullvad&#x27;s intention with these blocklists is to help break habits, then why is the focus solely on gambling and adult content? Alcohol and nicotine &#x27;habits&#x27; far surpass porn and gambling habits, so why is there no option to break habits by blocking, for example, smoking and drinking related content?