To increase security and reduce the number of unwanted messages, which includes spam, you can restrict Chat message requests from unknown senders in 1:1 conversations and spaces. On your computer,
I'm trying to install the udisks utility. The problem is that it says that I have already the newest version of udisks installed on my computer: sudo apt-get install udisks2 Reading package lists...
suggested: block smartlock.google.com
Buried in here is mention of disconnect.me, which seems to have separate blocklists for ads, tracking, and malware.
Found directions on running this on OpenBSD. I think I can substitute curl for fetch, rather than ftp.
One of the sources it uses is FadeMind's hosts.extras, which sources a lot of third party host lists, some of which are very focused.
Ads can be annoying in a lot of cases. If you're grown frustrated by ads on the Internet, here's how you can block ads on Android.
Ad blocking and filtering for multiple platforms
Also possible to use them as a filtered DNS provider
IPBan: https://www.digitalruby.com/ipban/ [Windows/Linux only]
SSHguard: http://www.sshguard.net
Sentry? https://github.com/msimerson/sentry/ [Perl, not sure how automated it is]
I just put addresses in the file specified by check_recipient_access with REJECT
Talkatone http://www.talkatone.com
TextNow http://www.textnow.com - also offers mobile service, similar to Republic Wireless
GrooveIP https://snrblabs.com/GrooVeIp - Android only, limited use for free
Visual voicemail and robocall blocking
YouMail https://www.youmail.com
My Visual Voicemail https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vna.service.vvm
CallControl/EveryCall https://www.callcontrol.com/
Truecaller https://www.truecaller.com/
Should I Answer? https://www.shouldianswer.net/
Nomorobo http://nomorobo.com/ free for (some) voip lines
Hiya https://www.hiya.com/products/app recommended by AT&T, freemium
good for stopping stuff that phones home, from web bugs and ads to sneaky IoT devices
finishes with Dovecot info, not Cyrus Sieve
This might inspire our stairwell.