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stifle867@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I did this for the longest time until I realised that because AdGuard works best as a virtual VPN, it is unable to run alongside an actual VPN. Luckily my VPN (and many others) support ad blocking too.

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Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Adguard VPN and Adguard (adblocker) can work simultaneously 😀😀😀

The only caveat is that Adguard VPN only works with their servers, so you can’t, for example, VPN to your home or work network.

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- stifle867@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That’s not what I’m talking about. I meant to say that AdGuard on mobile (Android) runs by pretending to be a VPN in order to intercept all connections and filter the ads out of them. This works great to remove ads in apps, etc.
  
  However, because it hooks into the VPN interface you can’t then run another VPN (for example Proton VPN) because Android only allows one VPN to run at any time.
  
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  - Showroom7561@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Right. I understand that.
    
    What i mean is that if you want to run a VPN with Adguard, then Adguard VPN is compatible.
    
    Not ideal, I get it, but if you need to bypass geo restrictions or to keep your ISP from spying on you, then it works great.
    
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    stifle867@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Oh you’re talking about AdGuard VPN not solely the main AdGuard product. Definitely not ideal. It doesn’t offer the same level of features as my current VPN who offers ad blocking anyway. Not to mention a few suspicious quotes from their website:
    
    AdGuard VPN protocol uses the most secure and fast encryption algorithm to date – AES-256
    
    From the very outset, we resolved to develop and deploy an in-house VPN protocol instead of picking a canned solution — that’d be too easy
    
    We are going to make our protocol implementation publicly available in the future. Sadly, right now we don’t have enough time to prepare the project
    
    we collect data about how you interact with our services, how much traffic you’ve used, and for how long have you been using our services
    
    ADGUARD SOFTWARE LIMITED is a company registered in Nicosia, Cyprus, registered office is at Klimentos 41-43, KLIMENTOS TOWER, Flat/Office 25, 1061, Nicosia, Cyprus and acts as the data controller when processing your data
    
    Considering Cyprus telecommunications laws it doesn’t seem like the safest place to headquarter a telecommunications privacy company.
    
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