I’m discovering a new OS and I feel like I need to learn everything from scratch. I don’t even know which ad block to use.
The first thing I did opening Safari was to search for Ublock Origin. But it is not available anymore since 2019 :-(
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These are both decent guides:
- https://www.privacyguides.org/en/os/ios-overview/
- https://github.com/iPrivacyGuides/iOS-Privacy-Guide
For your ad blocking question, AdGuard is my recommendation.
Thank you. I will read them.
I use AdGuard to great effect on my iOS devices.
Is AdGuard a browser extension or a standalone application?
Yes.
They have both. I use the standalone application since it covers everything running on your system and not just your browser.
Thank you.
The Complete iOS Privacy & Security Guide from Techlore
i don’t use nextDNS but if i had the limitations of ios on my main machine, i probably would end up using it ☞ https://nextdns.io/
Apple’s limitations are frustrating
I know there Android privacy guide but until then I never thought of looking for IOS content. Thank you.
Also the link is for Linux privacy guide but they have indeed the IOS privacy guide on the same chanel.
fixed the link
I use Adblock plus, Ghostery and 1Blocker for fingerprinting as Safari extensions for iOS and Mac. They do an alright job for fingerprinting and do well with ads. Just make sure to go into Adblock plus and disable “allowable ads” so that none break through.
I’d say the better iOS browser is Snow Haze. Unfortunately iOS blocks a lot of the privacy stuff to conform with its guidelines so the locked down Firefox derivatives aren’t as strong as on android. Snow haze is the only privacy browser I know that works within the iOS confines and maximizes it. They also have an extension for Firefox if you want to go that route.
I stopped using chromium based browsers, so others may have recs on those.
Just make sure to go into Adblock plus and disable “allowable ads”
Why would anyone got a ad bblock that allow some add put of the package?
I will look for your recommendation.
Thank you.
Wipr 2 is a great paid ad blocker. Unfortunately most iOS blockers don’t work too well beyond this one and AdGuard (and I haven’t had the greatest experience with the latter either)
What was the problem you accounter with AdGuard?
It has been a while since I’ve used it, but when I did it felt sluggish and missed some ads. It’s probably the only choice if you’re looking for something free though (besides 1blocker, haven’t tried that one)
Good luck with privacy there. At minimum disable the AI stuff that has access to every app, and that’s if you believe their toggles do anything, which Apple has been proven to not listen to them in the past
Yes unfortunatly. But we don’t click a few things expecting our secrets to be safe. That would be very naïve. These clicks are a statement. We do tell “do not invade my privacy”. What we do to actually block them to invade it, it has to go by other means.
