5 Things I Learned About Ad Blocking (From Industry Experts)

19/12/2025 9 min
5 Things I Learned About Ad Blocking (From Industry Experts)

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We flew to Cyprus for the 2025 Ad Filtering Dev Summit where researchers and engineers from Brave, DuckDuckGo, AdGuard, Firefox, Ghostery, eyeo, and others revealed the future of ad blocking. In this video we summarize five critical talks that are shaping the future of the ad industry. Thank you AdGuard and Ghostery for inviting us and making the trip possible!🧑‍💻 AFDS 2025 CO-HOSTS AND SPONSORShttps://www.youtube.com/@AdGuardEN https://www.youtube.com/@eyeo_gmbHhttps://www.youtube.com/@ghostery_adblocker 🔎 RELATED VIDEOShttps://youtu.be/2fvngjQUrRUhttps://youtu.be/MT90t7P1_qMhttps://youtu.be/F7-bW2y6lcI📱 RESOURCES IN VIDEO• AFDS 2025 Speaker Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL61EKVIQWizG0tIYqNDoenVaOWSiaAsyb• DuckDuckGo AutoConsent: https://github.com/duckduckgo/autoconsent• uBlock Origin Element Zapper: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-zapper• AdGuard: https://adguard.com• Brave Browser: https://brave.com• Mullvad Browser: https://mullvad.net/en/browser• Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORESupport our mission to defend digital rights for everyone:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6KfncB4OV6Vug4o_bzijg/join• All Our Support Methods: https://techlore.tech/support/🔐 MORE FROM TECHLORE• Homepage & Newsletter: https://techlore.tech• Go Incognito Course: https://techlore.tech/go-incognito-course/• Privacy Tools: https://privacytools.techlore.tech/• VPN Comparison Chart: https://vpn.techlore.tech/⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 INTRO00:43 SYSTEM-WIDE AD BLOCKING ON iOS01:17 PROTECTION FROM COOKIE POP-UPS02:31 AD BLOCKING ON AI BROWSERS03:15 WHEN PRIVACY EXTENSIONS HURT YOU04:29 PREVENTING ANDROID LOCALHOST ATTACKS05:44 OVERVIEW OF HENRY'S TALK08:01 OUTRO#AdBlocking #DigitalRights #CyberSecurity...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr7XSnbyv7w

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