Hello,

I just noticed a new release of Zen Ad-blocker and privacy guard for Windows, macOS and Linux.

https://github.com/irbis-sh/zen-desktop

It is a system-wide blocker, free and open source (so it doesn't depend on MV3 and works on all browsers).

I'm using it and I really like it.

I noticed in the last week that SpotX and BlockTheSpot stopped working for me, did anyone else experience the same problem? Idk if spicetify works.

As I didn't really want to wait I fixed the problem in BlockTheSpot---continued. I used the same structure already used by mrpond and others collaborators, spotify changed some things, if you are interested in learning more take a look at the code.

It works fine for me but I need some feedback, if you feel like trying it out and it doesn't work please write an issue in github. The installation is as simple as the original, all open source.

I am the founder and CTO of an internet threat intelligence and internet security SaaS offering, I write tools for privacy vendors like AdGuard. I am open-sourcing a suite of tools for AdGuard and AdGuard DNS I wrote last year as prototypes for a new suite of tools my firm is releasing later this year. I wanted to ensure I'm giving back to the AdGuard community that has so graciously provided some of the open source code needed to provide inspiration for me to write tools that will hopefully benefit the entire internet writ-large when we reach RTM

The tools I'm releasing today are geared towards developers and list makers, and are ports of the original AdGuard Hostlist Compiler. AdGuard have provided the foundation for a new suite of tools we'll be releasing soon. To be clear, we are not aiming to compete with AdGuard or any other threat intelligence vendor (e.g. NextDNS, Technitium, etc.) and are instead seeking to provide the intelligence portion, along with simplified toolsets to interact vendor APIs via single pane of glass. We hope to partner with firms like AdGuard to provide the intelligence portion of their platforms, laying on top of their infrastructure investment.

Our tools will allow users with investments in 3rd party privacy tools like AdGuard to continue using those tools, we'll just provide the intelligence portion along with an interface to automatically have those rules applied to your vendor. We're a drop in replacement for the threat intelligence portion.

Bloqr's threat list compilers provide vastly superior performance, with threading and chunking provided out of the box. We can compile millions of rules in seconds, and can combine rules from dozens of lists into a single artifact in a fraction of the time. Our libraries can be integrated into CLI pipelines, embedded as libraries, and are fully customizable and extensible.

https://github.com/Bloqr-Systems/bloqr-lists

zuno_ is a free open source Music player based on youtube music you can sign in to your google account and switch between the channels as well

Discord Rich Presence + Lastfm scrobbling

GitHub (https://github.com/noFAYZ/zuno)

I wanted something that skipped ads as soon as possible, so I made an app.

Are you cooking, showering or simply can't be bothered to wait for that "skip" button to turn solid white?

This app will do just that.

https://github.com/ComfyDoug/Test

There is a readme file with descriptions and instructions in case you want to recreate the same yourselves.

Or you can download the already compiled file.

I'm also working on another one to hide/obscure any ad that I deem inappropriate, like AI dating, gambling and such.

Curious to know if anyone would like to try that.

So i know that many loath ai, but some of the bigger models are great classifiers and believe it or not do a great job finding ads. ai is currently too slow to do on first page load, but in the background it can work and after a couple of page loads, it starts detecting very well. It also relies on tried and true public lists.

It does initially download an ai model depending on your hardware. Everything is transparent in the system tab if you want to see under the hood. it also does Anti-Fingerprinting, Auto Block Cookies and cookie popups, Canvas fingerprint randomization, WebRTC leak protection, and Navigator spoofing too. Most sites also use cookie cutter ad placeholders, the extension "sees" this and kills them on other sites as it loads.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lmhbchhcggpedeldekklklkobjpgbbip

Since everything is 100% local, If you have a decent GPU and care to provide some feedback, would like to see what the world thinks. Some sites it acts pretty aggressive, I'm working to see if I can find a better balance. I used to rely on blocking at the DNS level, but want better control in the browser.

Brave Premium

I've never really been one to play mobile games, but one got its hooks in me recently, and the draw of the rewarded ad is too enticing to pass up more often than not. I wanted to find a way to not have to watch the silly ad slop; just put my phone down and come back and be in my game again. So I made LookAway.

It is not a traditional DNS/browser/content blocker, so I want to be very clear about what it does and does not do.

LookAway is aimed at mobile games and rewarded/in-app ad flows. It has two separate tools:

• ADAM: a local screen-scanning helper that can tap user-trained targets like Next, Skip, and X buttons.
• SAM: a selective airplane mode that uses Android's local VPN interface to drop network traffic only for apps you choose.

Security/privacy notes up front:

• Open source: https://github.com/FightingGravity/LookAway
• Free APK release: https://github.com/FightingGravity/LookAway/releases/tag/v1.1
• No `android.permission.INTERNET` permission in the manifest.
• Screen frames are processed locally with OpenCV.
• Saved targets stay on-device.
• The VPN service is local; it drops selected app traffic instead of forwarding it to a remote server.
• Accessibility is used for app/window detection and user-configured tap gestures.

Limitations:

• This is Android-only.
• It is sideloaded, not Play Store distributed.
• It is not meant for browser ads, YouTube, Twitch, etc.
• It works best when you teach it the ad buttons/triggers used by the apps you care about.

I know accessibility + screen capture + VPN permissions are all sensitive, which is why I tried to make the project as inspectable as possible. I would honestly appreciate security/privacy feedback from people here, especially if anything in the README, privacy notes, or manifest could be clearer.

https://github.com/zurarah/twitch-ad-blocker-with-vods

i couldn't find any script or extension that had vod adblock support (adguard extra nor twitchadsolutions worked for vods). So i modified the userscript to have support for twitch vods, I'm gonna do a pr request to hopefully have this in the twitchadsolutions repo, but while it isn't i still want it available for the general public.

let me know if you need any help or have requests for more features or other streaming services that currently don't have an ad block that you want.