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What's the consensus on AdGuard? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ominouslemon@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been using AdGuard's DNS resolver on my Android phone for a couple of months, and I'm pretty satisfied with it.

The idea is that it filters out ad networks at the DNS level, so there is no need to root the phone (nor to install any app). You just put dns.adguard-dns.com in your "private DNS" settings and that's it.

Recently, though, I've seen a couple of people around here mentioning how Adguard is not trustworthy, or "kinda shady". What's your take on them? Their privacy policy seems OK to me, but I'd be interested to know more about them.

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[–] forked_bytes@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No opinion on AdGuard, but there are several options for ad blocking DoH:

[–] mishimaenjoyer@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Add ProtonVPN‘s NetShield to the list. Also blocks trackers.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

It's only available when using their paid VPN service. I much prefer NextDNS which is free and works on any VPN or outside a VPN tunnel.

[–] NullaFacies@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an ad blocker/tracker blocker, AdGuard works really well.

They also have a “browsing security filter” which may be of concern to some people. This filter, similar to smart screen and Google Safe Browsing, will check to make sure websites aren't in a list.

However, if you have it on, they have a section you can opt in (I think it is opt in) to send extra data to help with the security filter.

That telemetry may seem like too much for some people, but I think it's the only thing in AdGuard products that collects data, and even then, it's ~~not~~ for making the filter better and helping its development, not for selling data.

edit two weeks later: Fixed what I meant to say, thankfully people knew what I meant and upvoted.