by installing Pi Hole on a rented server (VPS) and allowing access to it over VPN, if you want to use it on mobile networks outside your WiFi network (don't leave it open to the internet though). You can change DNS servers for WiFi networks, mobile network requires third-party app (no root) You can also set up your own, e.g. Some paid VPN providers also offer ad-blocking. There are DNS providers which block ad domains, e.g. DuckDuckGo browser, some other open-source browsers (Lightning Browser, Ninja, Firefox focus (?).), as well as shady Chinese closed source ones (CM Browser, UC Browser., don't use these ever, though)ĭNS or VPN based solutions. Brave seems to get mentioned a lot, also has adbloking.Install uBlock origin and you're good to go. Firefox (the regular one, not Focus) allows you to install extensions.These create a "local", loopback VPN connection that allows them to filter traffic, thus using more resources than Adaway. This means it's not running all the time in the background, saving resources (unlike the "local VPN" based apps). AdAway This uses the system hosts file (all it does download blocklists from predefined URLs and write them to the hosts file, and can restore the hosts file when needed to disable ad-blocking.This is for Android only, since I've never used an iOS device. Preferably things that work on the entire device rather than just the browser to avoid ads in games or other apps. TL DR I wanted to know what are your solutions regarding ad blocking on mobile devices. But there seem to be some apps in the store that allow this - like this Adblocker app In the case of iOS I guess you'd need a jailbroken device. Meaning you can side load them on Android, which leaves the question of how legit/effective is the app you are downloading. One issue right off the bat is that theses apps are typically banned from the stores. I've tried using these with mixed results. In Android (not sure for iOS) these need to request permission to use the Internet if they want to communicate on their own, and they don't - which means these are seemingly safe. I've seen that one solution that some apps can manage is to create a local VPN (working as a DNS proxy) - thus introducing some logic to incoming and outgoing connections. Regarding Ad blockers what are the options in terms of mobile devices? * No discussions of specific VPNs – please visit r/VPN or our PrivacyGuides coverage of VPNs. Conspiracy thinking and spreading FUD is not allowed.Meme/image/video posts are not allowed.Do not editorialize titles, use titles from the original news source.All surveys, fundraising and petitions must be approved by the Mods before submission.Developers/employees/etc must contact the mod team before engaging in self-promoting links and comments.Thanks!įor detailed descriptions for each of these rules please consult the rules sidebar in the new Reddit redesign (our canonical set of rules). Our Sept ’19 PTIO Team IAMA on r/Privacy was amazing and is chock full of tips & info!ĭo you have a project that you want to promote here? Open an Issue on our GitHub repo so our entire team can advise and evaluate it first. Please participate with suggestions and constructive criticism. We look forward to providing many more years of unbiased, non-commercial and transparent privacy-related news and reviews. Thank you so much for your years of involvement, support and appreciation. Thus, we’ve restricted r/PrivacyToolsIO, and invite you to join us on r/PrivacyGuides. Maintaining two subreddits mirroring each other provides few benefits while diverting our team from providing the level of service you deserve and expect. As announced on July 27th, and again on Sept 14th, The Team Formerly Known As PrivacyTools.io – the entirety of the team providing privacy-related advice & services to you for the past couple years – has transitioned to and r/PrivacyGuides.
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