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An app launcher and search tool AppFlash will be pre-installed on devices sold by Verizon. It allows the telecommunication giant and its partner companies to track the usage of apps on the phone and gather a lot of other information on the behavior of its user. The launcher is now being tested on LG K20 V.

A launcher is a “skin”-app that allows changing the interface and functions of a smartphone, adds additional services, options and settings to the operation system. In order to do this, the app demands access to a bunch of system functions and to the device’s contents.

This update might not be the biggest one, in a sense it doesn’t feature any revolutionary additions or the immense number of changes. But it’s surely a unique one, and it’s because it is by far the most influenced by the user feedback. We sincerely thank everyone who has helped us!

What if we told you that DNS could actually be used to track the user online?

According to the paper by Dominik Herrmann, the German researcher, recursive nameservers have monitoring capabilities that seriously breach users privacy.

DNS (Domain Name System) records can track the user through the web and help to collect the "profile of his/her interests", states Mr. Herrmann.

In developed countries fewer people are using browsers to go online, everyone uses mobile apps- Facebook, Snapchat, etc. to access the content of interest. But it's a different story for developing countries where mobile browsers are gaining popularity, and this has a strong reason behind it.

We have severely redesigned Adguard Knowledge Base. Now it’s stylish, easy to use and informative — just how it should be.

There will be no unskippable 30 sec ads on YouTube. Such videos will be gone only in 2018, which is nearly a whole year on your calendar and almost eternity for the Internet company. However, 20 and 16 sec unskippable videos will be promoted instead.