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Are these apps similar to Blockada? https://blokada.org/ https://blokada.org/

• ignoramous 6y ago
  Blokada isn't a serious security app. It leaks DNS connections over TCP (only handles UDP) and uses covert techniques to track users (generates a unique ID for every install and sends it tagged with the phone model every time one visits a blokada webpage from within the app). Yeah, no where close. Disclaimer: I work on privacy enhancing tech on Android.
  • roddds 6y ago
    As a user of Blokada myself I'd like to ask, is there any system-wide ad blocker for Android you would recommend?
    • ignoramous 6y ago
      Apart from usual suspects like AdGuard [0] and other anti-virus products: Intra [1] with any adblocking DNS of your choice. Nebulo: [2] A no-gimmicks alternative to DNS based blocking (their latest beta supports DNS over HTTP3 (QUIC)). I use both: Intra has no DNS leaks but is IPv4 only right now and laced with analytics (the fork I developed/use is stripped off all analytics). Nebulo is lighter on RAM and battery and supports custom on-device blocklists (non PlayStore version). [0] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html [1] https://getintra.org/ https://getintra.org/ [2] https://git.frostnerd.com/PublicAndroidApps/smokescreen#installation https://git.frostnerd.com/PublicAndroidApps/smokescreen#inst...