AdGuard scanned the entire web in search of hidden trackers

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CNAME tracking is going to get replaced by proxying onto the first-party domain via CDNs

This was a good explanation of CNAME trackers, but I don’t actually see the content describing how they “scanned the entire web”. Would love a technical write up.

For some reason I read the title as "...in search of hidden tractors" and wondered what did I miss - are there black markets where shady individuals sell tractors or did tractors became sentient and hide from their owners and AdGuard is trying to track them by orders for spare parts they make online? lack of sleep is bad bad bad

Curious what the general opinion is of AdGuard? I have tried it through SetApp but it seems fishy for some reason.

It's the best ad blocker I've found for mobile devices. It's the first thing I install on any new device, and I refuse to browse on a device without it. Browsing is a completely different experience with it: clean, fast, and my battery doesn't get trashed. AdGuard's UI tells me it has saved half a GB of mobile data and blocked twelve thousand ads since November 2020. I'm a pretty light browser.

Interesting thing: If turn AdGuard off while browsing, my phone gets hot. Website loading slows to a frustrating degree.

My mobile devices consist entirely of Motorola Moto phones and Samsung tablets and chromebooks. All android of course.

I use uBlock Origin on my PCs.

I've used adblockers for so long and so consistently, viewing the internet without one is a really jarring experience. I can't believe how obnoxious and instrusive ads are, and how much they slow page loading.

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