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What's the consensus on AdGuard? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I've been using AdGuard's DNS resolver on my Android phone for a couple of months, and I'm pretty satisfied with it.

The idea is that it filters out ad networks at the DNS level, so there is no need to root the phone (nor to install any app). You just put dns.adguard-dns.com in your "private DNS" settings and that's it.

Recently, though, I've seen a couple of people around here mentioning how Adguard is not trustworthy, or "kinda shady". What's your take on them? Their privacy policy seems OK to me, but I'd be interested to know more about them.

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[–] 45 points 3 years ago (1 child)

If they are "shady" they are in for a very long game. AdGuard has been around for over 20 years and I haven't seen any trustworthy reports they are anything else than what they say they are.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    AdGuard was founded in 2009; are you mixing them and AdMuncher up? (1999)

    https://wikiless.esmailelbob.xyz/wiki/Ad_Muncher?lang=ru

    (wikipedia page only seems to be in russian for some reason; edge, chrome and safari should translate by default, Firefox, I think you have to install "Firefox Translations")

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