From ceda34d08ffe8838f84ef9468e0cf7e89453153b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: M66B Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 07:52:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated ad blocking instructions --- ADBLOCKING.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/ADBLOCKING.md b/ADBLOCKING.md index 936fbce1..9e7a1d82 100644 --- a/ADBLOCKING.md +++ b/ADBLOCKING.md @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ Note that: * applications, like web browsers, may cache data, so you may need to clear caches * applications, browsers mostly, that have a *"data saver"*-like feature that proxies requests through their servers (eg. Opera w/ Turbo, Opera Max, Puffin, Chrome w/ data saver, UC Browser, Yandex w/ Turbo, Apus Browser, KK Browser, Onavo Extend, Maxthon) will not have ads blocked as NetGuard cannot see those domain requests * applications, browsers mostly, can have a private DNS feature (Chrome: three-dots menu, Settings, Privacy, Use secure DNS, turn off) +* applications, including browser, can be system apps, which require managing system apps in the advanced settings to be enabled +* the Android always-on VPN setting *Block connections without VPN* will result in stop sending domain names to the VPN after some time * YouTube ads are not domain-based, and thus cannot be blocked with NetGuard * NetGuard ignores the IP addresses in the hosts file, because it does not route blocked domains to localhost * When NetGuard imports the hosts file, it automatically discards any duplicates entries, so duplicate entries are not a problem and have no performance impact after the file is imported