AdGuard Blog

Upd: March 16, 2023 7 min read Data protection Industry news

Big privacy turn-off: Porn sites ask Americans for ID

Americans are now being asked to prove their age to access porn sites in a conservative US state. The law threatens privacy of adults and could have far-reaching consequences.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: March 15, 2023 2 min read AdGuard Promos

AdGuard's lucky promo: save big on St. Patrick's Day!

It's time to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Right now you can purchase AdGuard Ad Blocker, AdGuard VPN, or AdGuard DNS and save up to 80%. Catch the luck of the Irish and stay protected.

Anastasiia Fedotova

March 3, 2023 6 min read Digest

Twitter charges for security, Apple wants more ads, AI art deemed not copyrightable, and more. AdGuard’s digest

Twitter wants users to pay for a basic security feature, Apple follows in Netflix's footsteps, OpenAI promises to 'steal' less data, and more in AdGuard's digest.

Ekaterina Kachalova

February 22, 2023 7 min read Industry news

Google stays deaf to mounting criticism over its attempt to marry tracking and privacy

Google has been trying to replace third-party cookies in Chrome with a less privacy-invasive tracking method, called Topics. But the growing criticism suggests the company is not on the right track.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: February 16, 2023 7 min read Industry news

Mozilla solves the Manifest V3 puzzle to save ad blockers from Chromapocalypse

Google Chrome's new platform for extensions, Manifest V3, threatens to limit the functionality of ad blockers. Firefox has found a way around this problem. Read how.

Ekaterina Kachalova

February 14, 2023 7 min read Digest

Reddit, AI’s lookalikes, US govt vs Apple and fake ads galore. AdGuard’s digest

Americans want to seize back control of their data from marketers, Reddit suffers a hack, as criminals use fake Google search ads to target yet another high-profile victim.

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: February 10, 2023 2 min read Promo

Valentine’s day at AdGuard: up to 80% off to protect your memories

On Valentine's Day, we wish you to create and store your memories carefully – let your photos, videos, purchase history, and other sensitive information remain only yours. AdGuard will help you with that.

Anastasiia Fedotova

February 8, 2023 10 min read Industry news

Does the rise of ChatGPT mean the end for Google?

ChatGPT has been on everyone's lips for a while now, and with good reason. It threatens to disrupt industries, and the search engine industry is one of them. Should Google be scared?

Ekaterina Kachalova

Upd: February 7, 2023 5 min read AdGuard news

Introducing the brand new Knowledge base

Meet the renewed Knowledge base! We hope you'll appreciate its appearance and find it useful should you ever need any questions about AdGuard Ad Blocker answered.