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The case for an ad blocker that sends nothing about you
An ad blocker sits in the path of everything you browse — so the sharpest question isn't how well it blocks, but what it sends back. Here's what a zero-collection blocker looks like when you can actually check the claim.
"Why was this blocked?” — the feature every ad blocker should have
Most blockers give you a number — '14 blocked'. Fourteen what, by which rule, from which list? JSK Shield shows the exact request, the rule that matched, and the list it came from, then lets you allow just that one thing on just that one site.
How to block ads on Chrome without creating an account
Most ad blockers ask for an account, an 'acceptable ads' programme, or your 'anonymous' usage data before they'll work. You need none of it. Here's how to set up ad and tracker blocking in about two minutes, with nothing sent about you.