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The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Thermal_shocked 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

DNS adblocking. I don't see those ads.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Unfortunately this break LTE internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It should not. Some phones don't play well with private DNS though, mostly entry level ones that thrives on spying.

[–] Thermal_shocked 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What phone? Never had an issue with private DNS on Android. Unfortunately IOS requires it setup on every connection, but works.

https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

https://youtu.be/ovqRt_qGV7c?si=iMxKS_tMMyKJV6ie

Make sure you restart the app after applying settings, should pickup new DNS and poof, 95% of ads are gone instantly.

https://d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/ovqRt_qGV7c?si=iMxKS_tMMyKJV6ie

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's on a Fairphone 3 on Android 13. On Wi-Fi Private DNS works perfectly, but as soon as I switch to 4G the internet connection don't work anymore. As soon as I reset the private DNS to default it works as intended again. That's seems to be a carrier issue.

[–] scottywh 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Definitely sounds carrier related... Works fine for me on Android with TMO

[–] wreckedcarzz 2 points 11 months ago

Same, Pixel 8 Pro + GrapheneOS + NextDNS, stateside using AT&T, no problems with private DNS

[–] Dehydrated 1 points 11 months ago

Your carrier probably blocks the DNS. Use a VPN, Proton VPN is trustworthy and reputable and they have a free option.