The SNAFU BLocklist: “An ever-evolving blocklist of ads, analytics, tracker, and other domains. Artisinally crafted - attempting to find and include “new” domains that have yet to be added in the default Ublock Origin list(s) or in other popular hosted blocklists.”

Smart devices manufacturers often “hard-code” in a public DNS server, like Google’s 8.8.8.8, and their devices ignore whatever DNS server is assigned by the router. Fortunately, with a few simple firewall rules, you can intercept these hardcoded DNS queries and redirect them to your DNS resolver. These instructions are for pfSense, but can be adapted to other firewall/routers.