What VPNS have the best adblock? Currently use ProtonVPN and it’s good but NetShield (their blocker) could be a lot more effective. Anything better as far as that aspect goes?
Editing all my posts, as Reddit is violating your privacy again - they will train Google Gemini AI on your post and comment history. Respect yourself and move to Lemmy!
AdGuard DNS and AdGuard vpn ?
I use Mullvad + NextDNS
Windscribe has an excellent one called ROBERT which is configurable too. It’s basically identical to their ControlD adblocker/proxy. Their desktop app is also Open Source with the mobile ones to follow soon. I’m lucky and have one of their lifetime accounts and have no other relationship with the company.
Mullvad’s VPN also includes their DNS service which has ad and tracker blocking. The blocklists they use are available here.
OISD is great, but it is largely a legal grey area as it combines many lists that are not permissively licensed or have completely incompatible licenses.
Oh yeah OISD is awesome!!
I didn’t know a vpn service was using that blocklist. This is certainly a good service to cut ads! And what’s great is that OISD usually doesn’t cut too much so it usually doesn’t break sites or services too much!!
Any chance you are using OpenWrt?
For the longest time I wanted to mix my vpns wireguard with nextdns… but I don’t know how to
how do you configure NextDNS and what blocklists do you use?
How do you get it set up so you’re not leaking the NextDNS info?
Currently I’m using NextDNS and Proton VPN, and my understanding is that’s less privacy than letting Proton use its own DNS - but I love how thorough and customizable NextDNS is! I want to keep using both.
What a lame comparison. There are good reasons to use a VPN with ad blocking. For example it won’t make browser security and browser fingerprintabilty worse, like browser extensions do.
I do use uBlock. It’s great for what it is but a browser extension does not help your entire device.
What would be the practical implications of this for end users? I am currently using NextDNS with oisd as one of my lists in it.
There is another strategy that I am using:
1- have a vpn router that handles the vpn connection for you.
2- on your pc or cellphone use AdGuard.
My iPhone uses a vpn profile to manage DNS for AdGuard so I have no choice but use a vpn router to have both working. My vpn is NOT Adguard. It’s true it’s a more expansive setup but I use the vpn router for my tv and consoles too(to put Netflix in US or UK), so the expanse is more justified for me that way!
Got most of the Security protections enabled, “NextDNS Ads & Trackers Blocklist” and “NSABlocklist”, Native tracking protections enabled for the devices that are applicable to me, “Block Disguised Third-Party Trackers”. That’s about it.
I just entered my NextDNS address into the VPN’s custom DNS setting and that was it. When I used ProtonVPN I did the same, but now I use Mullvad. Then I went to https://ipleak.net to verify nothing was leaking.
Browsers can check whether or not their ads load regardless if a VPN or browser extension or router blocked it.
Fingerprinting via blocking domains is always fingerprintable
But you won’t be fingerprintable for having downloaded that extension.
There are good reasons to use a VPN with ad blocking
I’d love to hear some.
For example it won’t make browser security and browser fingerprintabilty worse, like browser extensions do.
Because you said so? Or because you can prove this with objective facts?
And VPN’s should preferably be used directly on the end-user device, to further distrust the network, so your router configuration wouldn’t matter much.
How is this relevant to the point you’re trying to make, that VPNs with ad blocking have justified uses?
IANAL, No issue for users afaik, only really for those redistributing it.