Last time we promised to make AdGuard for Mac releases more frequent, remember? We stand by our words! Today we present the next version, v1.5.3. As a trade-off, this release is not as feature-heavy as the last one, but there's still some cool stuff to check out. “Software Trial Application” means a version of the Software, so identified, to be used only to review, demonstrate and evaluate the Software for a limited time period. The Software may have limited features and will cease operating after a predetermined amount of time due to an internal mechanism within the Software.
What is a VPN and why you need one
A VPN allows you to create a secure connection to another network on the Internet.
Initially, VPNs were created for one purpose — to securely connect business networks over the Internet, so that people could connect to the corporate network from home. Now this technology is used for many other things: for example, to get access to websites with geo restrictions, or to protect your online activity from prying eyes while using public Wi-Fi.
A VPN connects a user's computer or mobile device to a server and allows one to browse the net using someone else's IP address. So if the VPN server is located in a different country, it will appear that you have connected to the Internet from that country, hence, plenty of resources will become available to you.
Speaking of VPN, the first thing they mention is traffic encryption and security deriving from it. But what does it mean? A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel between the user's device and the remote server. All your web traffic passes through this tunnel, so your data is protected along the way. For the external observer, your traffic exits the VPN server, so it looks like your device has the IP address of this server. This trick masks the user's identity and true location.
VPN can be used to:
- hide your real whereabouts and stay anonymous
- bypass geo restrictions on music and video streaming services
- protect yourself from spoofing (network traffic interception) and tracking on the part of your Internet service provider
Passwords, credit card numbers, bank data, and just plain personal information are at risk when a user surfs the Internet. But if you connect to the global network using a VPN, you can be sure that no one can intercept your data.
Why AdGuard VPN
- Trusted developer
AdGuard has been present on the market of personal data protection and ad blocking and developing its line of software for more than 11 years. Over this time, our company has built an impeccable reputation, and the number of our customers has exceeded 25 million. - Unique VPN protocol
The main difference between AdGuard VPN and its competitors is that we use our own developed protocol. It disguises itself as normal traffic, so it is much more difficult to track and block it. - No logs policy
No logs policy means that we don’t collect, store or transfer users’ personal data to third parties. The full text of AdGuard privacy policy can be found here. Paintstorm studio 2 43 resz. - Tracking protection
Web traffic from any user may be of interest and is particularly valuable in terms of monetization of personal data. Both criminals and unscrupulous ISPs can access it. However, with a trustworthy VPN, you can be confident that neither your provider nor anyone else will see your internet activity. - Ultrafast VPN servers in 16 countries
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- France
- Germany
- Great Britain
- India
- Italy
- Japan
- Singapore
- Spain
- The Netherlands
- Turkey
- USA
- Ukraine
Which platforms can I run AdGuard VPN on?
AdGuard VPN is now available:
- as a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox
- and as a mobile app for Android.
The app for iOS and desktop versions for Windows and Mac are coming soon!
AdGuard for Safari proved to be a popular ad blocking solution soon after its initial release. It took us a bit more than a month to update it from v1.1 to v1.2, and almost half a year to reach v1.3. As you know, if we do something for so long, it's probably going to be worth it. This time is not an exception, hopefully: on top of multiple smallish but important changes and fixes, we have two big ones. Let's have a look at them.
Standalone builds: Beta & Release
AdGuard for Safari has quickly become a rightful member of AdGuard product family. And what is a better initiation rite for an app than getting its own beta channel? That's right, you can now get an early access to all new AdGuard for Safari features (and new bugs, too!). How do you do it?
You go to GitHub, find the latest beta version there and download the beta archive that will be available among the 'Assets' at the bottom. Notice that there's always another archive: a release standalone build. It is identical to the version you would get from the App Store but is distributed via GitHub.
Warning!Installing either of the standalone builds on top of the App Store version will lose you all current settings, so make sure to save all your custom rules beforehand.
Advanced blocking rules
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As you probably know, Apple is always eager to restrict something when it comes to ad blockers. Safari ad blocking extensions are one of the primary targets: thanks to Apple limitations it is non-trivial for them to support some of the more advanced filtering syntax, specifically JavaScript rules, CSS and ExtendedCSS rules. And these rules are super important: they can hide the elements or even convert the overall style of pages. Sometimes it's the only way to hide ads.
In fact, up until now, no Safari ad blocker could do that. It only makes us even more proud to say that AdGuard for Safari now supports these types of rules, and will provide you with an even higher ad blocking quality than before.
Unfortunately, it doesn't mean that we managed to overcome every single hurdle posed before us by Safari restrictions. Even with all the cunning and tricks in the world, the capabilities of apps from App Store don't come close to standalone ad blockers like AdGuard for Mac.
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For the full changelog go to GitHub. As you'll see, there are other curious additions, like 'Trusted' checkbox for custom filters. If you have any questions regarding the new version, let us know in the comments. Looking forward to hearing your feedback!