October news digest

This digest can boast of three new versions of AdGuard products. Besides, we filled the blog to the brim with interesting articles! Learn more about how X spreads unmarked ads and mobile carriers make money off your data.

We are pleased to introduce AdGuard v7.15 for Windows, equipped with HTTP/3 filtering. This feature, powered by our latest CoreLibs v1.12, uses the QUIC network protocol instead of the TCP transport layer protocol, providing increased privacy and security. Aside from HTTP/3 filtering, weve addressed a few bugs and made several improvements to boost the overall performance of AdGuard for Windows.

In this release, AdGuard introduces dynamic themes and icons! With the dynamic theme selected (available to users with Android 12+) AdGuard will match its color scheme to your system's colors. We've also rolled out experimental HTTP/3 filtering and support for dual HTTPS certificates. Indeed, these updates cater to both casual and tech-savvy users alike!

Were proud to introduce the latest version of AdGuard for Safari. Our main focus here was to ensure compatibility with the new macOS Sonoma, which included improving our extension overall.

X is now experimenting with removing ad labels from regular ads, as well as introducing ads that cannot be reported at all. What's going on, and what to do? We explain.

We pay mobile operators a monthly fee to use the Internet and make calls. But what many of us dont realize is that mobile operators are not just providing a service, but also collecting and selling our personal data.

Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) is being touted as the technology that can finally solve the privacy problem. Mozilla and Cloudflare are betting big on it. But unfortunately it is not foolproof, and should not be regarded as a panacea against surveillance. Why? Lets find out together.

Meta reportedly plans to charge nearly $20 for a combination of Facebook and Instagram on mobile devices without ads. They can't be serious, can they?