PEBCAK, too much Fakebook and the lack of common sense. For the rest of 10% maybe enough an VPN and updated devices.
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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Thank you! If you want to take your Mulvad game to the next level then add NextDNS to its custom DNS option in Mulvad's settings.
Is there anything wrong with using Mulvad's own DNS?
Not at all. NextDNS is just way more advanced. But a pain to setup. It's filters are nuts.
NextDNS works because it uses several public lists, but it's kind of abandoned and HaGeZi removed it from his recommended DNS services because of the complete lack of customer support. The guys from NextDNS moved to dns0.eu. You can set Mullvad's own DNS service in the browser, and being an ecosystem specialized in privacy, a much bigger company, and having curated lists instead of just shoving tons of public lists without checking for duplicates (NextDNS), correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Mullvad's DNS probably offers a more concise service.
Please, explain further.
HaGeZi compiles and maintains the biggest DNS blocklists around, it's used by several DNS services, and most likely by all of them but they don't credit him. On his page, he recommends some online services based on transparency and privacy. He used to recommend NextDNS as well, but he removed them because, for a long time, many people have complained about a lack of customer support - they don’t respond to any contact. It seems like the service is running but is somewhat abandoned. Its two creators started dns0.eu and are probably focused there.
Technically, the only issue with NextDNS is that it's unmanaged, and as for now there hasn't been any changes in who are providing the lists, it just works.
Thank you. I’ll check out the other service. I’ve had NextDNS for several years now, I’ve never needed to contact them and I have seen a couple of new options show up in the interface in the odd time a year I log in.
I was tempted by ControlD a few times but NextDNS suits my needs fine.
Oh, you must also consider that NextDNS is American, and legally their government can force the company into cooperation, such as providing a backdoor to monitor all traffic, while placing them under a gag order. If you only want to avoid ads and tracking, that’s fine. However, if you're concerned about government surveillance, that's something to think about before using American services. I wonder if such U.S. policies influenced the creators to abandon NextDNS and start a new one in EU... Lavabit creator chose to end his service and close the company before complying.
Thank you very, very, very much for taking the time to share this knowledge! I'm looking into it now and will implement system wide changes immediately.