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On Android you can use Firefox + uBlock Origin.

• Omniusaspirer 5y ago
  Add Blokada + Newpipe to the mix as well.
  • deleted 5y ago
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  • htns 5y ago
    I don't recall ever having heard about Blokada before, but looking it up now it doesn't seem recommended: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/8536 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/8536
    • ignoramous 5y ago
      (I created that merge request) Blokada's UI is without peer and so it makes for a very good "just works" for the majority (in fact, from what I know, it is the most downloaded DNS-based content blocker on Android by far). However, it is disappointing that some of their decision-making is found wanting: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/papgeq/any_app_connection_scanners_for_android/haejrbi https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/papgeq/any_...
      • ttctciyf 5y ago
        Forgive the questions, but you seem to be a good person to ask.. How does Blokada actually work? Its FAQ claims it: > prevents apps and browsers installed on your device from sending your private data (known as tracking fingerprints) to the Internet. Is it doing some kind of packet inspection? As a secondary layer of blocking I use DNS66 which intercepts DNS requests and fails them for blacklisted domains, by installing itself as a virtual VPN - essentially a cooked /etc/hosts for Android. Would Blokada work alongside that?
        • ignoramous 5y ago
          > prevents apps and browsers installed on your device from sending your private data (known as tracking fingerprints) to the Internet. For now, Blokada's utility is limited to DNS-based content blocking. It cannot and does not prevent most forms of fingerprinting. > Is it doing some kind of packet inspection? Yes, only DNS packet inspection, but even for the only thing it does, it is clumsy: It leaks DNS requests; that is, Blokada does not trap all DNS traffic on port 53, and it does not handle DNS queries sent over TCP. DNS66 has these same issues, too. > As a secondary layer of blocking I use DNS66 which intercepts DNS requests and fails them for blacklisted domains, by installing itself as a virtual VPN - essentially a cooked /etc/hosts for Android. Blokada uses the same trick (I mean, core parts of Blokada 4 code-base does bear similarities with DNS66 which preceded it... Blokada 5 however was re-written in Rust). > Would Blokada work alongside that? No, it cannot. But: Apps that support "DNS proxying" (like Nebulo [0]) can. It is quite an involved setup. I'd simply use Nebulo over DNS66, as it is not only more capable but also encrypts DNS traffic unlike Blokada 4 or DNS66. > ...but you seem to be a good person to ask.. A disclosure, rather something to keep in mind: I have been accused of spreading fud by the Blokada lead developer and using it to "market" a "competitor" app I co-develop. In my defense, it wasn't / isn't fud what I spread, unless fud === uncomfortable truth. [0] https://github.com/ch4t4r/Nebulo https://github.com/ch4t4r/Nebulo (fixed link, thanks u/NoGravitas)
          • status_offline 5y ago
            Would you mind to suggest any alternative to Blokada? Thanks!
            • ignoramous 5y ago
              https://github.com/offa/android-foss#-ad-blocker https://github.com/offa/android-foss#-ad-blocker and https://github.com/offa/android-foss#-firewall https://github.com/offa/android-foss#-firewall
          • NoGravitas 5y ago
            Github link for Nebulo appears wrong: is this the correct one? https://github.com/Ch4t4r/Nebulo https://github.com/Ch4t4r/Nebulo
• stjohnswarts 5y ago
  This is the way. Although the built-in blocker in "strict" mode does a darn good job as well with a rare site breakage
• zibzab 5y ago
  And uMatirx, but Firefox put stop to that one.
  • Lev1a 5y ago
    Pretty sure Firefox did no such thing, instead IIRC the developer (gorhill) of both addons (uMatrix and uBO) realized that uMatrix was pretty much redundant given the options available in uBO and thus archived uMatrix.
    • zibzab 5y ago
      We had a HN discussion where users brought up situations where uB could not replace uM. IMO what really killed uM was major API changes by chrome and Firefox.
• 45ure 5y ago
  In addition to uBO, I also use TrackerControl. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.fdroid/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.kollnig.missioncontrol.f...