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Block This - a DNS based Ad Blocker for Android

Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Sava Georgiev. This program is free software.

You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.0.

For more information on Licensing - please read the License file located in the repository.

#Summary Block This is a DNS/VPN based ad blocking & privacy app for Android, that blocks malicious or unwanted internet content by filtering DNS requests and redirecting them to 127.0.0.1 (localhost). It uses a dummy VPN client in order to go around the restrictions in Android and change the DNS settings without having root access. The backend behind the app is a DNS based on PowerDNS - an open source DNS management software working with MySQL as a datasource.

#Contribution If you wish to join the development please drop in a comment at https://forum.block-this.com or email me at [email protected].

Alternatively, you can just make a pull request here.

#Installation

To get the latest release of Block This, go to:

https://block-this.com

#Community

If you wish to join the conversation, please visit our official forums at:

https://forum.block-this.com

#About

I created the app for my own convenience as I needed a privacy and ad blocking solution for my Android device, which I did not want to root. The app worked so well for me that I decided to put it on the Play Store. It had a huge success with almost 1 million downloads in just 2 months, but then it was taken down by Google. It is now hosted on my website as an APK. I open source it with the hope to get further developed and supported by the community.

#Contact

If you wish to contact me, you can do it at https://savageorgiev.com

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