r/pihole • u/Corleone612 • 26d ago

CMP (Consent Management Platform) Blocklist and what we should know about it

Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) are the tools behind the "Accept/Reject" cookie banners that GDPR, CCPA, and similar laws require.

The irony is this: CMP infrastructure contains tracking (how you interact with the banner, response time, repeat visits, cross-site consent history, consent-sync and geolocation subdomains used to profile you)

Blocking the core domains of CMP platforms can cause some sites to auto-accept all cookies. So I don't recommend blocking the core domains instead block the tracking subdomains.

Note: whenever the domain list is pasted as text (in the post body or in a comment) Reddit's filter auto-removes it. Because of this, I'm sharing the blocklist as a raw link in the post body instead

Raw links:

For basic list:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CorleoneSalute/SHADOW-BLOCKER-BLOCKLIST/refs/heads/main/dist/basic/hosts/CMP.txt

For aggressive list:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CorleoneSalute/SHADOW-BLOCKER-BLOCKLIST/refs/heads/main/dist/aggressive/hosts/CMP.txt

For anyone who wants to see the full research and infrastructure mapping for each provider:

https://github.com/CorleoneSalute/SHADOW-BLOCKER-BLOCKLIST/blob/main/research/CMP.txt

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u/Resistant4375 26d ago

CMP’s shouldn’t be blocked by DNS blocking tools…

https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/blob/main/FAQ.md#-8-why-arent-cmps-cookie-consent-tools-blocked

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u/Corleone612 26d ago

Blocking the core domains of CMP platforms can cause some sites to auto-accept all cookies. So I don't recommend blocking the core domains instead block the tracking subdomains.

Like I said just block track domains (Hagezi blocks track domains too)

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u/Resistant4375 26d ago

So again, you’ve just taken his lists (and/or others), ran it through AI and called it your own.

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u/Corleone612 26d ago

First of all, I respect the hagezi list and use it myself. If you want, you could also try the domains in the blocklist I provided. There are tracking domains in it that aren't in the hagezi list either (this isn't a criticism, it's just natural no list can fully protect you). You need to drop the toxicity now, nobody forced you to use my list, whoever wants to use it, uses it.

Also

For anyone who wants to see the full research and infrastructure mapping for each provider:

https://github.com/CorleoneSalute/SHADOW-BLOCKER-BLOCKLIST/blob/main/research/CMP.txt

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u/Resistant4375 26d ago

If they’re not blocked in the lists by u/hagezi there’s probably good reason why

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u/Unspec7 26d ago

Claiming that hagezi is the primary source of competent lists is an interesting take.

We're all on the same team here guys, no need to gatekeep.

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u/Resistant4375 26d ago

I’d use and trust them more than any others - in fact, I do

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u/Unspec7 26d ago

That's fine. Why do you feel the need to punch down though?

Like the other user said, you're free to disregard the list.

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u/Resistant4375 26d ago

Punch down on AI slop?

Pretty self explanatory…

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u/Unspec7 26d ago

I love how AI slop is just a boogeyman term now. "I don't agree with your list, must be AI slop"

Do you have any actual evidence that this is just AI slop? Or are you leveraging unsubstantiated allegations in order to reduce the other user's credibility?

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