Adguard is Amazing

I've downloaded the adguard app on my Android phone and I'm amazed at how many ads it blocks! It blocks all the ads from loading and removes the frame! I really like how it can restrict apps from communicating when the phone screen is off. I was surprised to see how much traffic goes to Facebook and other tracking networks.

Useful features:

  1. Ad blocking within apps. Instead of paying for an ad-free version of an app just use adguard.

  2. Ad blocking within the browser It works similarly to a desktop adblocking extension. It removes the ads so where you wouldn't know they were there. It blocks trackers and keeps your data private

  3. Filtering log You can see where the traffic is going from each app network request. This was the most surprising, and I was glad to see the apps that were sending data to ad/tracking networks



Submitted March 28, 2019 at 08:17PM by densesugar https://ift.tt/2HLVNOQ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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