Hi there, So just watched latest video of Jim Browning and in the video he had a sponsor I had not heard about before, Guard.io. So I went to check it out, and it seems like a fairly decent service (by that I mean, a service I would put on family members devices) for helping against possible phishing attempt and general safeguarding online activity etc… I currently have installed Ublock Origin in their browsers and pointed their DNS to base.dns.mullvad.net, but that’s about it.

So:

  • Anyone had any experience with this service?
  • What’s the general consensus around this service?
  • Is it necessary, compared to the measures I mentioned above?
  • Are there any other general measure I could implement on their devices? (they are on both apple and Android ecosystems)

Thanks for any suggestions 🌻

  • @randombullet
    7•3 months ago

    Just use NextDNS and PiHole/AdGuardHome and redirect all port 53 requests to your local DNS instance.

    DoT and DoH will mitigate some phishing risks.

    Social engineering is the biggest threat, especially through vishing.

    • Sunny' 🌻OP
      1•3 months ago

      I personally use nextDNS, and love it. However my setup is too strict for their use cases and blocks newspapers and stuff they read. I also don’t feel comfortable logging their devices. I guess I could spin up a few more nextDNS accounts for them on the free plan instead though, that’s probably what I should do.

      • @randombullet
        1•3 months ago

        You can put them in another bucket with custom rules.

        • Sunny' 🌻OP
          1•3 months ago

          Hold on, is that possible in nextDNS? Never seen that option before.

          • @randombullet
            1•3 months ago

            I pay for NextDNS. It’s under new profiles on the top left.

            • Sunny' 🌻OP
              2•3 months ago

              I alos pay, but have completely missed this feature hehe. Thanks for pointing this out, completely solves this issue for me 🙌