July news digest

We're back with a bunch of news: AdGuard v4.0 for Android, which we've been waiting for for more than three years, has been released, and AdGuard VPN Browser Extension has safely moved to MV3. And, of course, there were interesting articles about Google, Meta, and Telesign.

If you use AdGuard for Android, youre gonna like this series. Following the long-awaited major release, weve been publishing educational posts about the new version for a whole month! Learn where to find old features and what we've added to the new version, how to use Statistics, Firewall, and Assistant.

Thanks to Apple's change of policies, we were able to bring back system-wide tracking protection! AdGuard now can block trackers in other apps that discreetly collect user data and not just in Safari like before.

Weve released one of the world's first VPN extensions based on Manifest V3! MV3 Chromes new extension API comes into full force next year and it will make life harder for nearly all browser extensions. Read about the challenging development and problems we faced along the way.

A group of Google engineers has proposed a new Web API that threatens to uproot the work of apps and browsers if they interfere with its ad business. Will the open Web survive?

AI has been widely used in apps to streamline and improve their work but what about ad blocking? We tested an AI-powered ad blocker, and the results were not-so-stellar. Come and see for yourself!

A mass surveillance system affects billions of people, tracks you, and assigns you a "reputation score" based on your phone usage. That score then determines your access to services. Sounds intrusive and a little dystopian, doesn't it? But here it is.