Why Everyone Should Use an Ad Blocker (AdGuard Interview)

Ad blockers have broad permissions to intercept all your web traffic—which means you need to know which ones to trust. Henry interviewed the CTO and co-founded of AdGuard about why they pivoted from data collection to privacy protection, how DNS filtering differs from local ad blocking, and Apple's revolutionary new API that lets ad blockers work system-wide on iOS without ever seeing your traffic.🔗 SOURCES & LINKS• AdGuard: https://adguard.com/• AdGuard Home: https://adguard.com/en/adguard-home/overview.html• AdGuard DNS: https://adguard-dns.io/• AdGuard VPN: https://adguard-vpn.com/• AdGuard Mail: https://adguard-mail.com/• Andrey's AFDS 2025 Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2c5WMjpVZc⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 INTRO00:06:04 PRE-SNOWDEN VS. POST-SNOWDEN00:07:58 TYPES OF FILTERING00:15:03 LOCAL FILTERING VS. DNS & VPN00:18:14 INTERCEPTING WEB TRAFFIC CONCERNS00:21:27 ADGUARD VS. BROWSER SOLUTIONS00:26:15 ADGUARD EXTENSION VS. OTHERS00:31:15 ADGUARD FILTERING VS. OTHERS00:32:04 ADGUARD HOME00:34:08 PRICING STRUCTURE00:35:52 BASED IN CYPRUS?00:38:25 OPEN SOURCE?00:41:04 THE AD BLOCKING ECOSYSTEM00:44:26 MITIGATING ATTACKS00:51:13 THE ROLE OF AD BLOCKING00:54:37 APPLE'S NEW API00:57:38 COMPARISON TO DNS FILTERING00:58:56 ETA FOR THESE UPDATES00:59:43 APPLE'S PATTERN01:00:58 BLOCKING APPLE DOMAINS01:02:28 WRAPPING UP🎥 VIDEOWatch on YouTube 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLOREKeep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★