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[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

Apps like AdGuard for Windows or macOS work at the system level, so they block ads and trackers across all browsers and even other apps.

How? What does "system level" mean? Sounds like it must be not only system level but manipulating programs?

/edit: Product page and FAQ are non-telling. Finally found the knowledge base which is not linked in the main nav.

They man-in-the-middle HTTPS for example. So yeah, more intrusive than what I would understand as "system level" behavior.

How does HTTPS filtering work? If it were easy, HTTPS wouldn’t be that secure.

Uhm, yeah.

[–] xtools@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

doesn't it just work on the DNS level? I've also seen apps creating a local vpn to manage traffic

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

They host a public DNS you can use.

They also offer DNS with more configuration. And then they also offer this app, which does more.

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