Is there any good free ad blocker that will block ads in apps?
With some apps there are pesky ads and they even force you to watch the
ad for up to half a minute before you can proceed to use the app.
kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions!
I've tried AdAway and so far it seems to work blocking the ads in Rocket Player.
sobriquet wrote on Fri, 1 Mar 2024 04:12:53 +0100 :
Is there any good free ad blocker that will block ads in apps?
I'm glad you said "in apps" because most people seem to think ad blockers
are only for web browsers - but in-app ads should also be blocked.
With some apps there are pesky ads and they even force you to watch the
ad for up to half a minute before you can proceed to use the app.
The only free app functionality I ever found that didn't have a free ap without an ad were the toon makers and the comprehensive app updaters.
Everything else I've found to be free if you know how to use app finder. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scadica.aq
But if you're not using app finder, then you deserve to see ads! :->
kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions!
Two powerful free well known system-wide ad blockers come to mind.
AdAway https://adaway.org
NetGuard https://netguard.me
Be advised that the Google Play Store version of NetGuard is emasculated by Google as, for some odd reason, Google doesn't want you to block ads.
AdAway
https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/releases https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/
NetGuard
https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/
It would be interesting to find out which you feel is best.
sobriquet wrote on Fri, 1 Mar 2024 05:16:06 +0100 :
I've tried AdAway and so far it seems to work blocking the ads in Rocket
Player.
I had to look up what "Rocket Player" is, so is this what you're using? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrtstudio.AnotherMusicPlayer
I don't play music but as a favor to you, I ran a Skyica search for "music player free noads 4.0 rating 10K reviews and no in-app purchases" which had over a hundred results which, when sorted from best to worst showed these.
The top three of well over a hundred free music players without ads. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kmusic https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rhmsoft.pulsar https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer
What does Rocket Player do that those three no-ad music players don't do?
the combination of rocket player, music player and musicolet
work together.
Is there any good free ad blocker that will block ads in apps?
Sure, at home I use AdGuard home on a Raspberry Pi, which serves as ad blocking DNS, which is highly configurable. For my mobile devices I use dns.adguard.com as DNS, not configurable, but also blocks all ads in
apps as well as on websites.
Is there any good free ad blocker that will block ads in apps?
With some apps there are pesky ads and they even force you to watch the
ad for up to half a minute before you can proceed to use the app.
kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions!
The only free app functionality I ever found that didn't have a free ap >without an ad were the toon makers and the comprehensive app updaters.
However, just because you blocked the source of an ad does not mean the
app adapts to the absence of the ad in itself.
VanguardLH wrote:
However, just because you blocked the source of an ad does not mean the
app adapts to the absence of the ad in itself.
I have got quite a number of apps with ads which are quite well behaved
when it comes to using an adblock DNS, so chances are that the ads are
just filtered out.
However, just because you blocked the source of an ad does not mean the >>>app adapts to the absence of the ad in itself.
I have got quite a number of apps with ads which are quite well behaved
when it comes to using an adblock DNS, so chances are that the ads are
just filtered out.
The ad sources, yes. The app's GUI layout, no. Whether there is blank
space shown in the app depends on how the app was coded to present ads.
I've blocked ad sources, but some apps end up with white space where
they expected to show the ad source.
In Android 9, and up, you can configure the DNS server without requiring
root privileges. That means you could specify a DNS server that
incorporates content filtering, like OpenDNS or Adguard. No need to
install software.
However, just because you blocked the source of an ad does not mean the
app adapts to the absence of the ad in itself. If banners or screen
space is used to present the ad, you'll get blank space in the app
allocated to where the ad would've appeared. Depends on how the app
presents the ad it expects to retrieve. That assumes the ad content is
not bundled with the app. You cannot block ads that are within the app.
If, say, you get a free app that has a payware version, the freeware
version can still shove ads at you to buy/upgrade to the payware
version.
Pi-Hole as my VPN
Wired just
put out a good article detailing just how intrusive cellphone ads are.
That means you could specify a DNS server that
incorporates content filtering, like OpenDNS or Adguard. No need to
install software.
On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 09:51:08 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
In Android 9, and up, you can configure the DNS server without requiring
root privileges. That means you could specify a DNS server that
incorporates content filtering, like OpenDNS or Adguard. No need to
install software.
I installed this app which said on Google Play that it had no ads. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quantum.updater
But it has ads.
Can you show me how to block them by configuring my DNS server without requiring root privileges? I don't know how to do that (Android 13).
However, just because you blocked the source of an ad does not mean the
app adapts to the absence of the ad in itself. If banners or screen
space is used to present the ad, you'll get blank space in the app
allocated to where the ad would've appeared. Depends on how the app
presents the ad it expects to retrieve. That assumes the ad content is
not bundled with the app. You cannot block ads that are within the app.
If, say, you get a free app that has a payware version, the freeware
version can still shove ads at you to buy/upgrade to the payware
version.
Do you get ads with that app if you test it out?
On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 09:51:08 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
That means you could specify a DNS server that
incorporates content filtering, like OpenDNS or Adguard. No need to
install software.
I get ads all the time even though long ago I had set up Android Settings Connections | More connection settings | Private DNS = one.one.one.one
What DNS server should I set that Android setting to for ad removal?
On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 11:16:27 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
However, just because you blocked the source of an ad does not mean the >>>>app adapts to the absence of the ad in itself.
I have got quite a number of apps with ads which are quite well behaved
when it comes to using an adblock DNS, so chances are that the ads are
just filtered out.
The ad sources, yes. The app's GUI layout, no. Whether there is blank
space shown in the app depends on how the app was coded to present ads.
I've blocked ad sources, but some apps end up with white space where
they expected to show the ad source.
And then there are apps which say they have no ads, but which have them. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quantum.updater
If you load that app, does it have ads for you that are not blocked?
The Google Play Store description says it has no ads. But it has ads.
How do they get away with ads when they say they do not have ads?
Even after showing the "About this app", I can't see where on that store
page where "ads" is mentioned either in no ads or has ads. There is no
claim either way. An assumption is no mention means no ads, but that's
just an assumption.
Are the ads in the app's window, when you look at its settings, or do
they appear in a separate window (worse is if they open fullscreen which
I consider malicious)?
The "Website" link points to http://skyeurop.com/ which gives "403
forbidden" when I attempt to visit there. They're hosted at CloudFlare. Guess they didn't pay their dues, or their hosted site there is down.
I don't need to check if this app leaves white space in its window when
its ad resources are unreachable. I've had apps in the past where the
app's window had white space, like a banner at the bottom that turns
white when the app can't get its ad resource.
VanguardLH wrote:
Have you yet changed your DNS server in the OS to point to OpenDNS or
AdGuard?
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
Scroll down to the "Android" section. Since phone makers can customize
the Android OS, the navpath to the setting may not match what Google
uses on their Pixel phones.
Your link is a Google link so it tells you to use "dns.google" but
what I want to use is the "OpenDNS" or "AdGuard" domain name instead.
You'd think it uses an IP address - but the instructions use a domain.
The article is old so it says to go here which works for Android 9.
But for me on Android 13, the interface is here. Android13 Settings > Connections > More connection settings > Private DNS > dns.google
Which errors out as "Couldn't connect" anyway.
There are lots of other online article on how to change the DNS settings
in Android 9, and up, like:
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-change-dns-on-android-4588645
Changing the private dns setting isn't the problem.
It's what domain to change the private dns to that's the problem.
You'd think it uses an IP address - but the instructions use a domain.
I've used OpenDNS' DNS server on Windows where I also use their IP
updater client. You create an account at OpenDNS, and their updater
client updates your account there to record what is your current IP
address. That setup is needed if you are assigned a dynamic IP address.
In your account, you can configure what categories of content to block.
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/227987867-What-is-the-OpenDNS-Dynamic-IP-updater-client
Once you create an account you've completely defeated the whole
purpose.
All I want to know is what domain to put in the private dns settings.
You'd think it uses an IP address - but the instructions use a domain.
3. Enter dns.google as the hostname of the DNS provider.
... you can't figure out that's the step
where you enter *whatever* DNS server you want to use?
All that's needed is a domain name for an ad-blocking DNS host.
What DNS server should I set that Android setting to for ad removal?
Anyone know of a FREE app as good as adguard? $36/yr isn't bad, but
free would be better! I tried Netguard but it didn't block many ads.
>>>>>>>>>>jetjock<<<<<<<<<<
On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 19:18:51 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
3. Enter dns.google as the hostname of the DNS provider.
... you can't figure out that's the step
where you enter *whatever* DNS server you want to use?
Well, "dns.google" doesn't work - but it *definitely* wants a hostname.
But even so, that's just the name for 8.8.8.8 which isn't an ad blocker.
ping dns.google
Pinging dns.google [8.8.8.8] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=115
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=115
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=115
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=115
Android13: Settings > Connections > More connection settings > Private DNS
Private DNS Provider Hostname = Enter hostname of DNS provider
Notice that it specifically asks for a hostname & not an IP address.
Looking here https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html for a hostname,
I see it's providing IP addresses, not hostnames, for the ad blocking. 94.140.14.14 & 94.140.15.15
You'd think it would take an IP address, even though it's not a hostname.
But the Android 13 "Save" button is grayed out unless you use alphabetics.
The only thing you can put there is a domain name.
All that's needed is a domain name for an ad-blocking DNS host.
Anyone know of a FREE app as good as adguard? $36/yr isn't bad, but
free would be better! I tried Netguard but it didn't block many ads.
And then there are apps which say they have no ads, but which have them. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quantum.updater
Anyone know of a FREE app as good as adguard? $36/yr isn't bad, but
free would be better! I tried Netguard but it didn't block many ads.
For Android 9.0+ I use the Private DNS feature server:
dns.adguard-dns.com
For Android 8.1 and below, I use Block This! DNS VPN ad-blocker. >https://block-this.com
Both system-wide DNS ad-blockers are very easy to use and work just as
well as the more complex ad-blocking solutions.
Anyone know of a FREE app as good as adguard? $36/yr isn't bad, but
free would be better! I tried Netguard but it didn't block many ads.
What DNS server should I set that Android setting to for ad removal?
jetjock, 2024-03-02 18:40:
Anyone know of a FREE app as good as adguard? $36/yr isn't bad, but
free would be better! I tried Netguard but it didn't block many ads.
And how should such an app be maintained if no one is willing to pay for it?
What DNS server should I set that Android setting to for ad removal?
dns.adguard-dns.com (adguard's latest public DNS server URL) dns.alternate-dns.com (blocked a site that adguard didn't catch)
After setting the private DNS hostname in your Android settings,
Open the Google Chrome browser.
On the URL bar, enter 'Chrome://flags' and hit Enter.
Now search for 'DNS' and disable the 'Async DNS' option.
Now enter 'chrome://net-internals/#dns' in the URL bar and hit enter.
Select the DNS tab and tap on the Clear Cache option.
The only thing you can put there is a domain name.
All that's needed is a domain name for an ad-blocking DNS host.
Odd that a hostname gets entered, because a computer can't use that.
Needs an IP address. Seems some other DNS gets used to get the IP
address of the wanted DNS server. If it demands a hostname, use that.
Google (dns.google) doesn't do any filtering. Adguard DNS does, so use Adguard's DNS server.
https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html https://adguard-dns.io/en/support/configure_on_device.html
Whether you use their assist app or not is up to you. I can't find
specific info on the app to determine if it assists with DNS, like
sending your current IP address to your Adguard account (if you have
one), or if it is just their adblocker app. Possibly their app makes
the setup easy instead of you having to drill through the Android
settings.
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html
"Block throughout the whole system. This includes video ads and ads in
your favorite apps, ..."
I've not used it to see if it changes the Android DNS settings, but then
I'm not at Android 9, or later, (still back on Android 8) where the
private DNS setting becomes available.
What is suspicious is they say "Try AdGuard ad blocker for Android apps
for free". "Try for free" usually means trialware, and you end up
paying for the app if you keep it. Also, this is not the same Adguard
app at the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adguard.android.contentblocker
Adguard's page above has you download an .apk file. This is an offline installation, not through the Google Play Store, so you have to
configure your Android phone to allow non-store apps.
On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 12:19:17 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
The only thing you can put there is a domain name.
All that's needed is a domain name for an ad-blocking DNS host.
Odd that a hostname gets entered, because a computer can't use that.
Needs an IP address. Seems some other DNS gets used to get the IP
address of the wanted DNS server. If it demands a hostname, use that.
Google (dns.google) doesn't do any filtering. Adguard DNS does, so use
Adguard's DNS server.
https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html
https://adguard-dns.io/en/support/configure_on_device.html
Whether you use their assist app or not is up to you. I can't find
specific info on the app to determine if it assists with DNS, like
sending your current IP address to your Adguard account (if you have
one), or if it is just their adblocker app. Possibly their app makes
the setup easy instead of you having to drill through the Android
settings.
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-android/overview.html
"Block throughout the whole system. This includes video ads and ads in
your favorite apps, ..."
I've not used it to see if it changes the Android DNS settings, but then
I'm not at Android 9, or later, (still back on Android 8) where the
private DNS setting becomes available.
What is suspicious is they say "Try AdGuard ad blocker for Android apps
for free". "Try for free" usually means trialware, and you end up
paying for the app if you keep it. Also, this is not the same Adguard
app at the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adguard.android.contentblocker
Adguard's page above has you download an .apk file. This is an offline
installation, not through the Google Play Store, so you have to
configure your Android phone to allow non-store apps.
It's a very odd behavior that something called "DNS" uses a hostname.
I'd have thought, as you had thought, it would use an IP address.
But I tried it.
You can't enter a numeric IP address into the Private DNS field.
Android won't let you.
Android insists on an alphabetic (or at least alphanumeric) hostname.
All the articles say the same thing, so that's odd - but it's what it is.
I have NO IDEA how it "finds" the IP address of that hostname.
Do you?
On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 15:50:53 -0600, kelown wrote:
What DNS server should I set that Android setting to for ad removal?
dns.adguard-dns.com (adguard's latest public DNS server URL)
dns.alternate-dns.com (blocked a site that adguard didn't catch)
I've got most of the ad blocking problem solved in a few apps I tested.
But I'm still confused how private DNS works.
I tried dns.adguard-dns.com & dns.alternate-dns.com and they didn't work.
So I almost gave up on Private DNS.
Even though it's so simple.
All you do is type in a hostname into the native Android field for it.
But then I went down the list of private DNS hostnames, one by one.
And "p2.freedns.controld.com" won me over!
Obviously I never heard of "controlD.com" but it was the cat's meow.
Why?
I don't know why.
But while "dns.adguard-dns.com" failed me, "p2.freedns.controld.com" won me over.
It removed EVERY ad from the problematic app updater with ads.
But it did not remove every ad in every app with ads that I tested.
I have NO IDEA how it "finds" the IP address of that hostname.
Do you?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-turn-on-private-dns-mode-on-android-and-why-you-should/
That also shows entering a FQDN for the DNS server. Weird.
The first weird thing is you don't give it an IP address like every other
DNS setting gets.
VanguardLH wrote:
I have NO IDEA how it "finds" the IP address of that hostname.
Do you?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-turn-on-private-dns-mode-on-android-and-why-you-should/
That also shows entering a FQDN for the DNS server. Weird.
Everything about private DNS is weird.
The first weird thing is you don't give it an IP address like every other
DNS setting gets. Instead of an IP address, you give it a FQDN like "1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com". That's weird.
The second weird thing is that it blocks ads for sure (as I've been using
it for a day and it does stop ads). I'm guessing the hostname lookup to IP address returns a null for advertising networks, but I don't if that's how
it works.
The third weird thing is the Internet is filled with articles telling you
how to set it up (which is very simple) but I can't find an article yet
that explains how it works.
Arno Welzel wrote:
jetjock, 2024-03-02 18:40:
Anyone know of a FREE app as good as adguard? $36/yr isn't bad, but
free would be better! I tried Netguard but it didn't block many ads.
And how should such an app be maintained if no one is willing to pay for it? >>
Did the writer have a patron when he wrote it?
"Arno Welzel" <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote
| > Anyone know of a FREE app as good as adguard? $36/yr isn't bad, but
| > free would be better! I tried Netguard but it didn't block many ads.
|
| And how should such an app be maintained if no one is willing to pay for it?
|
Indeed. They usually get paid, if at all, by ads and by selling
private data to data wholesalers. That's the model that started
with the Internet. Neither side is honest. But it's even more
complicated. If you pay, they still might sell private data.
The first weird thing is you don't give it an IP address like every other
DNS setting gets. Instead of an IP address, you give it a FQDN like
"1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com". That's weird.
As mentioned, whether you must enter an alphanumeric dotted hostname or
can enter a dotted IP address depends on which smartphone you're using.
The second weird thing is that it blocks ads for sure (as I've been using
it for a day and it does stop ads). I'm guessing the hostname lookup to IP >> address returns a null for advertising networks, but I don't if that's how >> it works.
DNS lookups either succeed (and return an IP address), or their fail
(return error status). There's nothing "null" returned. The client
wouldn't know what to do with a null returned status.
The third weird thing is the Internet is filled with articles telling you
how to set it up (which is very simple) but I can't find an article yet
that explains how it works.
After a little digging, I found "private DNS" and "secure DNS" mean "encrypted DNS".
Firefox, Edge-C, and Chrome support DoH (DNS Over HTTPS) to encrypt DNS traffic; else, it is plain text for the payload which anyone can
intercept, including your ISP or cell carrier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_HTTPS
Another proposal has been to use DNS over TLS (DoT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_over_TLS
Apparently Gooogle, in Android, decided to go with DoT instead of DoH.
You can read online the arguments of one over the other, like: https://www.cloudns.net/blog/understanding-dot-and-doh-dns-over-tls-vs-dns-over-https/
Because they use different ports, anyone interrogating your network
traffic can tell when you are using DoT, but DoH uses HTTPS, so a
network admin couldn't tell which traffic was to a web site or which was
to a DNS server; however, they can still tell what is the target of the traffic, so they can see when your traffic goes to a DNS server whether
the traffic is encrypted or not. Hence some folks go even more extreme
by employing a VPN to hide their DNS traffic, encrypted or not.
The "private" in Android's private DNS means the DNS traffic is
encrypted. However, that also means you need to connect to a DNS server
that supports your choice of encryption: DoH or DoT. https://nordvpn.com/blog/private-dns-android/ https://www.makeuseof.com/android-private-dns-everything-you-need-to-know/ Lots of nuggets found using: https://www.google.com/search?q=android+private+dns+how+it+works
I don't know how pervasive is DoH and DoT across all DNS servers.
Encryption requires both endpoints (client and server) to participate in
the encryption. Presumably if the DNS to which you connect does not
support those encryption schemes, Android will fall back to sending
plain DNS requests to the server, so they're not private anymore. If a
DNS server does not accept HTTPS or TLS connects (which is the "S" part
used by HTTPS) then you can't connect to that DNS server.
Again, I will say there is a lot of incorrect information in this thread,
so the only two undeniable facts I can point out from my experience setting my Android 13 Private DNS for two days now are these two empirical facts.
1. My Android 13 Private DNS setting will not accept a numeric value.
2. When I set my Private DNS to p2.freedns.controld.com, ads were blocked.
How Private DNS blocks ads, I don't know yet.
The final DNS query is encrypted for sure, that much even I'm aware of.
But how Private DNS blocks ads is still a mystery to me.
How Private DNS blocks ads, I don't know yet.
Private DNS doesn't block ads, p2.freedns.controld.com blocks ads.
Private DNS is just DNS over TLS (and DNS over HTTPS), nothing more.
"Arno Welzel" <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote
| Well - if an adblocker asks for money to maintain the blocklists, I
| don't call this "not honest". Also there is no data to sell if you just
| block ads.
|
There's all sorts of data to sell. They have your browsing
record at the very least. In most cases they have a lot more.
Since people don't want to pay, most apps that make
money do it through some combination of ads and spyware.
https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2020/01/mnemonic-security-test-report-v1.0.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html
https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ads-to-find-targets-and-vladimir-putin/
| On the other side: the apps I paid so far don't sell my private data
| since there is nothing to sell either.
Very naive. The whole cellphone business runs on spyware.
Even phone companies are selling personal data.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/16/danal_payfone_mobile_personal_data/
There could certainly be honest app developers. The trouble is that
you don't really have any way to track all this and confirm honest
apps. Most app developers won't get paid without spying. Even if they
do get paid, since spying is now industry standard, what's to stop them increasing their profits by selling data? What the heck? Everyone else
is doing it, right?
The final DNS query is encrypted for sure, that much even I'm aware of.
But how Private DNS blocks ads is still a mystery to me.
The DNS server returns a fail status to the client on a DNS lookup that
is "blocked". Blocking at the DNS server is by failing DNS lookups to
the client. So, depends on which DNS server to which you connect
whether it blocks nothing or something. The Cloudflare and Google DNS
don't block anything. AdGuard DNS says what they block (fail the
lookups) at their web site to which I gave the URL.
After setting the private DNS hostname in your Android settings,
Open the Google Chrome browser.
On the URL bar, enter 'Chrome://flags' and hit Enter.
Now search for 'DNS' and disable the 'Async DNS' option.
Now enter 'chrome://net-internals/#dns' in the URL bar and hit enter.
Select the DNS tab and tap on the Clear Cache option.
Who knew the Chromium web browser uses it's own DNS server setting.
Using <news:t89d094xgey9$.dlg@v.nguard.lh>, VanguardLH wrote:
The final DNS query is encrypted for sure, that much even I'm aware of.
But how Private DNS blocks ads is still a mystery to me.
The DNS server returns a fail status to the client on a DNS lookup that
is "blocked". Blocking at the DNS server is by failing DNS lookups to
the client. So, depends on which DNS server to which you connect
whether it blocks nothing or something. The Cloudflare and Google DNS
don't block anything. AdGuard DNS says what they block (fail the
lookups) at their web site to which I gave the URL.
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/dns-over-tls https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/dns-over-tls#how_it_works
1. The stub resolver is configured with the DNS-over-TLS resolver name dns.google.
2. The stub resolver obtains the IP address(es) for dns.google using the local DNS resolver.
3. The stub resolver makes a TCP connection to port 853 at one of those IP addresses.
4. The stub resolver initiates a TLS handshake with the Google Public DNS resolver.
5. The Google Public DNS server returns its TLS certificate along with a full chain of TLS certificates up to a trusted root certificate.
6. The stub resolver verifies the server's identity based on the certificates presented.
If the identity cannot be validated, DNS name resolution fails and the stub resolver returns an error.
7. After the TLS connection is established, the stub resolver has a secure communication path between to a Google Public DNS server.
8. Now the stub resolver can send DNS queries and receive responses over the connection.
"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote
| A DNS server may not accept encrypted connections, but it might.
| A DNS server may not block anything, but it could.
| Two different features. What you get depends on which DNS you use.
Not to mention that with Google you're asking a crook to
watch your house while you go on vacation. And by the
time you get back, anything of value will be gone. But
at least the crook is registered with the Better Business
Bureau... So there's that. :)
More like you have a auditor watch your house, and after getting
back everything you have has been recorded, so anyone else wanting to
send you ads know better how to target you. Your driveway needs a
recoating, you get back, and find flyers in your mailbox for sealant services.
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