As an ad blocker/tracker blocker, AdGuard works really well.
They also have a “browsing security filter” which may be of concern to some people. This filter, similar to smart screen and Google Safe Browsing, will check to make sure websites aren't in a list.
However, if you have it on, they have a section you can opt in (I think it is opt in) to send extra data to help with the security filter.
That telemetry may seem like too much for some people, but I think it's the only thing in AdGuard products that collects data, and even then, it's not for making the filter better and helping its development, not for selling data.
edit two weeks later: Fixed what I meant to say, thankfully people knew what I meant and upvoted.
(wikipedia page only seems to be in russian for some reason; edge, chrome and safari should translate by default, Firefox, I think you have to install "Firefox Translations")
And a OneNote notebook I have (backuped to OneDrive by default, but also gets backuped to Google Drive daily) in which I try to organize a family tree, with resources, old papers and records, etc.
uBlacklist: block SEO, clickbait garbage from Google search
Shutup.css: blocks comments on all websites; I enable it on websites (such as lemmy) in which the website is dedicated to discussion. This prevents me from seeing stupid MSN like comments.
AdBlock: Blocking ads. They are slow, they are annoying, they follow you and I hate them.
Privacy.com cards: Lets me lock a card and certain amount to a website I may or may not trust, and prevents them from charging more than I state. Has been VERY useful for Amazon Eero in which they keep auto subscribing me to eero Plus and “don't know what happened on their end”.
This is more so related to Xbox, but:
Filtering all messages from people who aren't my friends into a separate inbox that doesn't notify me. Blocking party invites from people who aren't my Xbox friends (prevents assholes in Overwatch from DDoS).
It seems people get fakes and knockoffs all the time, but I haven't.
All I do is look at the product pictures; if they're stock, I'll ignore, but if they aren't, and they are a tech product, DVD, etc., I'll cross-reference UPC/Barcode, SN, etc. with search engines.
Unless the users themselves are directly posting links to the content and hosting it (the pirated content) on lemmy, no instance would be held liable. Anyone defending this has no idea what the fuck they are talking about.
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As an ad blocker/tracker blocker, AdGuard works really well.
They also have a “browsing security filter” which may be of concern to some people. This filter, similar to smart screen and Google Safe Browsing, will check to make sure websites aren't in a list.
However, if you have it on, they have a section you can opt in (I think it is opt in) to send extra data to help with the security filter.
That telemetry may seem like too much for some people, but I think it's the only thing in AdGuard products that collects data, and even then, it's
notfor making the filter better and helping its development, not for selling data.edit two weeks later: Fixed what I meant to say, thankfully people knew what I meant and upvoted.