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This is awesome! The first thing I discovered was how much network noise crashlytics.com was causing. Used AdBlock's[0] DNS proxy feature to black-hole the offe
by miles 9y ago
This is awesome! The first thing I discovered was how much network noise crashlytics.com was causing. Used AdBlock's[0] DNS proxy feature to black-hole the offending domain (they even mention blocking crashlytics.com in their FAQ[1]).
Note that both AdBlock and Charlex rely on iOS's VPN feature, and only one can be enabled at a time.
[0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock/id691121579?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock/id691121579?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adblock/id691121579?mt=8http...
[1] https://www.adblockios.com/privacy/ https://www.adblockios.com/privacy/
- tzahola 9y agoHm, I thought Apple cracked down [0] on VPN-based adblockers. Or is AdBlock running a real VPN? I.e. your traffic goes through their servers. [0] https://www.google.hu/amp/s/www.macrumors.com/2017/07/14/apple-ad-blocking-app-crackdown/amp/ https://www.google.hu/amp/s/www.macrumors.com/2017/07/14/app...
- hrrsn 9y agoLooks like this app is the one mentioned in that article. They appear to do both Safari content blocking and use the VPN profiles to block DNS requests (as in no traffic hits their servers).
- rem1313 9y agoCould be that Charles itself uses the crashlytics? How to tell which app is it?