I did a test of this. uBlock Origin blocked all the calls before it made it to the firewall. IMO why would you use anything else.
Apps.
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Blokada seems to be very similar to DNS66, and is more actively maintained. Any reason to prefer DNS66?
Blokada doesn't DoH or DoT the last time I checked, but they have added a wireguard-based paid VPN service, which is nice. Intra [0] can DoH (but no on-device custom blocklists) and Nebulo [1] can DoH and DoT (with on-device blocklists). Personally, I see better latencies with DoH. Ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21598413 -- [0] https://getintra.org + adguard-dns or nextdns [1] https://play.google.com/store…
For those unfamiliar with the acronyms.
DoH = DNS over HTTPS
DoT = DNS over TLS
Very useful apps!
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#33Wish I could use this AND 1.1.1.1 Warp. iPhone doesn’t seem to be able to do both.
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#34AMD willing gives it to China
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#35I use Firefox Focus and this looks similar for mobile (though they add MacOS too). Has anyone evaluated the difference?
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
On Android, DNS66 does exactly this, available on F-Droid. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/
As does NetGuard, both on the Play store and F-Droid: https://www.netguard.me/ A paid upgrade to the Play store version lets you filter traffic like adblock, or just use the releases from Github (they allow filtering, but not most pro features)
I use and love Netguard. It's great to see the trackers every app is connecting to but can't see a global option to block a particular domain across the board. I can only block on a case by case app..
Maybe they added this option recently?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
As does NetGuard, both on the Play store and F-Droid: https://www.netguard.me/ A paid upgrade to the Play store version lets you filter traffic like adblock, or just use the releases from Github (they allow filtering, but not most pro features)
I use and love Netguard. It's great to see the trackers every app is connecting to but can't see a global option to block a particular domain across the board. I can only block on a case by case app.. Maybe they added this option recently?
I've only seen across-the-board, though you can allow individual apps to bypass the filter entirely. I think it's just a filter on DNS requests, but for APKs from github:
settings -> backup -> import hosts file
settings -> advanced -> Filter traffic + Block domain names
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
As does NetGuard, both on the Play store and F-Droid: https://www.netguard.me/ A paid upgrade to the Play store version lets you filter traffic like adblock, or just use the releases from Github (they allow filtering, but not most pro features)
I use and love Netguard. It's great to see the trackers every app is connecting to but can't see a global option to block a particular domain across the board. I can only block on a case by case app.. Maybe they added this option recently?
It's only in the github version due to play store rules. And it's a global DNS based blacklist.
I wish there was global or group based ip rules though, since there's no way to whitelist DNS per app or temporarily, without completely turning off filtering.
It's kind of a pain, honestly. Some of the developers decisions seem pretty arbitrary to me. It's so close to being a must have app. I wish I had time to get familiar with the code.
That said, it's still my favorite option since losing adhell3 again.
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#40Does Apple ban apps that interfere with other apps?
Or is it Google that does that?