Hi everyone, I did stumble across adguard and was thinking about buying a family lifetime license (for the apps, not talking about adguard home here).
I really like that there is a tracking blocker included, the app looks clean and easy to use for all family members. They also have an app for android TV which might be interesting.
I trust on pihole and ublock origin, but I am unsure about aguard (in general unsure about privacy oriented companies). When it comes to privacy and security I always try to go for community-driven open source projects.
What are your opinions on adguard? You think it’s safe/worth to use?
Yep, adguard is a bit shady, besides it was founded as a Russian company. The fact that they do SSL interception also raises a few extra concerns.
Why does that matter?
It does, but there’s no other way to effectively block ads on Android AFAIK.
Generally, without MITM you can only filter at the client side, which needs support of every client app you use, which realistically means they could do a Firefox for Android plugin and that’s pretty much it.
That is only if you use it on a phone as it kinda runs like a VPN, right? They can’t do this stuff if you only use their DNS