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Line 75: ====Private DNS==== [[File:Secure-dns-android.png\|thumb\|Android's Private DNS entry window. Yours may look slightly different depending on the Android interface you're using.]] If you have an Android 9 or later device, you can change your DNS provider to a provider which will refuse to resolve ads, thus giving you DNS based tracking and content blocking. Android supports [[w:DNS over TLS\|DNS over TLS]] (DoT) and you can therefore use any DoT supporting provider. We're partial to [https://blahdns.com/ BlahDNS], a non-profit open source provider, but an [https://~~kb.~~adguard-dns.~~com~~io/enkb/general/dns-providers/ exhaustive list of virtually every adblocking or filtering DNS] exists. Once you've picked your DNS provider, head over to your settings and under network settings (usually) you can enter the DNS provider details. ====Browsers==== On Android, there are a number of browser-based adblocking options. ~~=====[https://www.mozilla.org/en/firefox/mobile/ Firefox Mobile] with [https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock uBlock Origin]=====~~ ~~[https://www.mozilla.org/en/firefox/mobile/ Firefox Mobile] supports add-ons/extensions. This means that you can download uBlock Origin and configure it, as described in the above sections.~~ =====[https://www.bromite.org/ Bromite]===== If you're more partial to Chromium-based browsers, a good choice is [https://www.bromite.org/ Bromite]. ~~Built~~Although it is built on Chromium (the same technological foundations as Google's {{p\|Chrome}}), ~~but~~it includes adblocking and removed most of the spyware issues in Chromium. Upon the browser test, there is ~~far~~no unsolicited requests made by Bromite to its own server or ~~more~~to ~~privacy~~third ~~respecting~~parties. ====YouTube==== =====[https://~~vancedapp~~github.com/revanced YouTube ~~Vanced~~ReVanced]===== YouTube ~~Vanced~~ReVanced is a modified version of the official YouTube app which does not display ads. It also integrates [https://sponsor.ajay.app/ SponsorBlock], a database of YouTube sponsor segments (when the adds are baked into the videos) so you can optionally skip those as well. ===iOS===