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A launch of a new corporate website often excites the company much more than the users. AdGuard, probably, is not an exception. But we still couldn’t hold the agitation within the office walls. We proudly present our newly redesigned website — new.adguard.com! And besides, we’d like to ask you for some help :)

Weather forecast app AccuWeather was caught sending data about users’ whereabouts even when denied access to the location to a company named RevealMobile. Pressing button "don’t allow" in respond to its location request stops the app from receiving GPS coordinates, but still, lets it see and send the device’s MAC address and router’s identifier.

How does an ad blocker work? What does the quality of blocking depend on? How do some ads get past it? What differentiates ad blockers from one another?

Such questions are not just a matter of curiosity. Knowing the answers can help one select and use a blocker more efficiently.

Just a few days ago, Apple announced that they "have never allowed apps on the App Store that are designed to interfere with the performance or capabilities of other apps". In this article, I'll explain the current state of things and - the show must go on! - tell about the new version.

Adguard browser extensions are especially popular among users — they are being used both in integration mode with Adguard desktop apps and as a standalone solution. Today we are happy to announce the release of a new version of Adguard Browser extension!

Understanding the importance of our personal data, we are forced to maintain a certain balance between security and openness. We have to share our data if we want to buy online, use apps and services. But, trusting our data to a certain business, we expect that it would use it within laws, ethics, and would take our interests into consideration.

We decided to investigate several popular mobile applications and see which third parties have access to the personal data of their users.

If the news about advertising in keyboards earlier today made you decide to abandon Android devices and switch to iOS, think again.

Developers of ad blocking apps Adblock and Weblock complained to the industry press, that their app updates were rejected by Apple.