The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iPhones and iPads

Re:The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iP... by click170 on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @08:53PM (#9696721)

Filtering in this way does provide a significant speed hit if you choose to use your home router but nothing is stopping you from using a VPS instead.

For me the primary concern is privacy and security and using the always on VPN is the best way I've found to protect what I value.

Nothing gets out without my expressed consent, just the way I like it.

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Re:The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iP... by walterbell on Thursday June 11, 2015 @01:05AM (#9697704)

Are you using Android or iOS? There seems to be flakiness on iOS8 where the VPN gets disconnected during a change between WiFi and Cellular, or if the device is locked.

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Re:The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iP... by click170 on Thursday June 11, 2015 @06:02PM (#9702738)

I'm using android.

The VPN can drop out when I change networks, but it reconnects in less than a single second under good conditions, and that's not an exaggeration. I use a plain ipsec xauth VPN.

Having tried both ipsec with l2tp and openvpn SSL VPN, ipsec is the only one I can get to reconnect in under a second. All the others take at least 5 seconds to complete a handshake.

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