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Blacklisted facebook and still has connections

Hi everyone!

But today I have a problem. On my Android phone (MIUI 12, Android 10) I only have WhatsApp installed from Facebook (no Instagram, no Facebook, no Messenger). NextDNS blocks privatestats.whatsapp.net, and also graph.facebook.com, because Tricount (an app for expenses) has it.

But suddenly, a week ago,with no changes on the apps installed or in my use of the phone, appears two new domains: mqtt-mini.facebook.com & www.facebook.com. I guess that it's also tracking, because I don't use Facebook and it's weird that every 5-10 minutes, even with the phone locked, makes a petition to that domains.

I put both domains on the blacklist, but even with that, NextDNS isn't blocking anything. I tried to enter facebook.com on my Firefox for Android, and I could with any trouble.

https://imgur.com/a/IWck1GU -> Screenshots

My list: NextDNS list, oisd, Goodbye Ads, 1Hosts (Lite) and Steven Black. All working with no issues from the beginning.

I also tried to block Facebook through Parental Control (deleting domains from blacklist just in case), but doesn't work. It makes the petition with any blocks. I also tried to access Facebook's website through Chrome (first use) and downloaded Brave just for this, no config, and also I could access to the website.

I'm run out of ideas (and also blaming at Facebook).

Cheers.

5 replies

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    • ben_Jones
    • 3 yrs ago
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    I've been having the same issues on my Android phone and Windows laptop today. Visiting the NextDNS control panel it says I'm using NextDNS but without a profile. Remove NextDNS and reapply and it works for a bit then goes bad again

    Is there a status page so we can see what issues there are, as it seems it's with NextDNS

    • Ruby_Balloon
    • 3 yrs ago
    • Reported - view

    Can't reproduce this on my Moto G Power via Firefox on Android. It's possible you have a dns leak. You can run a dns leak test via dnsleaktest.com to see if you're unintentionally using a secondary/alternative dns provider in addition to NextDNS

      • Jan.1
      • 2 yrs ago
      • Reported - view

      Greg B. it's working on your phone because you are using your browser. Use Facebook app and then check. I have the same issue. Too bad you cannot block a domain by specifying a single contain on it it. Then you clould problobly blocked Facebook with success.

    • Jan.1
    • 2 yrs ago
    • Reported - view

    First test if your NextDns is really working on your phone. Go to this site: https://test.nextdns.io/

    • losnad
    • 2 yrs ago
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    This are all the domains I know that are from Facebook and I blocked them all. Last 4 are not used for tracking, for now, as far as I know.

    facebook.net

    facebook.com

    fb.com

    fbsbx.net

    fbsbx.com

    fbcdn.com

    fbcdn.net

    messenger.com

    internet.org

    parse.com

    i.org

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