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  1. bogdanw

    Using hosts to block ads and malware in Catalina

    As Apple restricted extensions' capabilities, an alternative approach might more effective. The hosts file can be used to block acces to defined domains, thus preventig every application from accesing it. By using custom lists of domains, ads and malware can be blocked. GitHub user Dani3lSun...
  2. Skeptical.me

    Universal Is it true that AdGuard Pro will no longer be allowed to update?

    I just read a fairly recent article indicating Apple has banned Ad blockers that use a type of VPN, like AdGuard Pro. I really like that App as it gives me the ability not so much to block ads universally, but because I can see the individual DNS requests and block those IP's/servers tracking...