Why should this tool be removed? Continuing the discussions and evidence presented in the following thread: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/can-adguard-vpn-be-trusted/13278/45 I think this might be reasonable to put a pause on suggesting AdGuard services including the Safari extension, Adguard…

[image] Can AdGuard VPN be trusted? General As a little excuse, the last 2.5 years have been rather crazy for us, literally every day was a new challenge we had no experience dealing with before. Booking a charter flight to Kazakhstan (all other destinations were already b…

Related discussion: [image] U.S. Bans Kaspersky Software, Citing National Security Risks General I think that is a fair criticism of AdGuard, and probably my biggest problem with it, but their products are open source, and they run all their servers outside of Russia so t…

The only Adguard products that PG lists in their recommendations are: Adguard home which is an open-source and self-hosted DNS blocker. How anything you mentioned warrants its removal? If you think they are doing something suspicious here then you’d need to point to those suspicious code parts fir…

[image] privacycarrot: conspiracy. Whoa man, slow down :smile: It s not conspiracy; its easy to be proven fact. [image] privacycarrot: what domains you’re trying to resolve. So, speaking directly, they can see which sites you visit.

[image] wojciechxtx: It s not conspiracy; its easy to be proven fact. I mean, you’re welcome to? Their sources are on GitHub. [image] wojciechxtx: So, speaking directly, they can see which sites you visit. They could also potentially resolve your domain to a malicious IP, but that wou…

There at least needs to be a disclaimer about the potential ties to the Russian government. (Head office in Moscow, ties with Serveroid, accepting local payment system despite breaking the local law, etc) Some people will probably choose to pick other options if they know about this. Although advua…

I think PrivacyGuides should consider this issue while considering some important contextual questions. First, would PG recommend software if it had offices in another country like China? No? Then why Russia? Second, Russia has been very anti privacy and is engaged in massive cyber espionage. Thi…

[image] scapegoat: There at least needs to be a disclaimer about the potential ties to the Russian government. (Head office in Moscow, ties with Serveroid, accepting local payment system despite breaking the local law, etc) On what grounds? Are you surprised that a company founded in Russia u…

If we’re speaking about jurisdictions, I believe that this previous discussion will matter Opinions on Windscribe VPN? - #4 by dngray

I think these concerns are definitely warranted, this is coming from someone who is using AdGuard and has even paid for their subscriptions. Whilst all governments do extremely shady things which are hard to quantify and compare, I would encourage you all to read about some of the ‘stuff’ (cough* co…

Exactly my point. Instead of virtue signalling and stating any government is as bad as any other, let’s appreciate the differences in a democratic country with a strong judicial system and medium/strong privacy laws (Western countries) with countries in which the government doesn’t even need a court…

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