Re:Modern Android is pretty secure
by xnx on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:11PM
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Amen. My guess would be that 90% of Hacker News readers use a desktop browser ad blocker, but <10% have a tool like Blockada installed on their phone.
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10% seems low. On Android Firefox supports extension so a lot of people are having exact same extension on desktop and mobile.
I even got uMatrix.
Re:Modern Android is pretty secure
by nickthegreek on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:18PM
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On iOS I use AdGuard Pro, which offers DNS and safari protection, but I normally use chrome. On my home network, i have a pi-hole as well. Is Blockada just DNS blocking or is there more to it?
Re:Modern Android is pretty secure
by joecool1029 on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:11PM
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Looks like just DNS blocking using VPN API. I use a different method for system-level adblocking on ios. I temporarily jailbreak, supervise the device, and install easylist's pac to block connections without an external server. Jailbreak is removed after it is set in place. Guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/dbdb8x/tutorial_...
The only downsides I have seen to this method are it's slightly annoying to initially install and if github goes down (where the pac is hosted), phone network connectivity goes down until it comes back up.
Re:Modern Android is pretty secure
by entha_saava on Friday July 03, 2020 @07:57AM
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Many of us don't have any app that contains ads (maybe except twitter/instagram/reddit etc.. but I don't find them much disruptive).