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> There is nothing that actually prevents an installed app from collecting all your data. What if I use something like AdGuard to block reqs ?
by shmde 3y ago
> There is nothing that actually prevents an installed app from collecting all your data.
What if I use something like AdGuard to block reqs ?
- pdimitar 3y agoThe only reason stuff like PiHole / AdGuard DNS and many others work is because the service vendors have not bothered unifying ALL the network requests their service needs under a single domain. The one and only reason we can use those privacy-enhancing solutions is because the vendors are sloppy. The moment your favorite app starts using only `your-fav-app.com` domain for everything, ads and sending out your private info included, you are toast and you'll need a MITM proxy or any other on-device-network-payload-inspector-after-decryption-has-taken-place to save yourself. (So maybe Adguard's client app, I presume? But haven't ever tried.) Maybe Privaxy[0] will help -- haven't tried it yet and I got no time and energy for it for the moment, sadly, but DNS-level blocking in particular is just waiting for a few more resourceful vendors to do the right thing for their interests, and we're disarmed. [0] https://github.com/barre/privaxy https://github.com/barre/privaxy
- ignoramous 3y ago> The moment your favorite app starts using only `your-fav-app.com` domain for everything Not just that, services could end up using the same IP across providers: https://blog.cloudflare.com/addressing-agility/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/addressing-agility/
- jqpabc123 3y agoYour data can easily be sent to an IP collection point that is not on AdGuard's list. DNS blockers are better than nothing --- which is a pretty low bar and easy to jump over.