Privacy @lemmy.ml merlin @lemmy.dbzer0.com 5mo ago

telegram ads

As Telegram ads are getting more misleading and dangerous than ever (specially crypto ads) just wanted to know is there a way to block them? I'm mostly worried for my more elderly family members getting affected

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There are Telegram ads?
- They are only in public groups iirc
- Yes, in large public channels there can sometimes be ads. These used to be contextual, but they aren't anymore.
Mind posting a screenshot? I've never seen the adverts
Use the open source client on fdroid
- I haven't used telegram, but in general this is the correct solution.
- They don't block Ads ( speaking from experience )
  
  Telegram Ads aren't that terrible if you ask me, they're not behavioral, and easy to ignore..
  
  I see no ads using the open source client.
- I don't think there is a Foss client on fdroid at least that blocks ads
  
  I use the Telegram FOSS client from F-Droid. I don't remember seeing any ads in it. There are a lot of them (and 99% are malicious) in the official client though
  
  There sure is:
  
  https://f-droid.org/packages/org.telegram.messenger/
  
  https://github.com/Telegram-FOSS-Team/Telegram-FOSS
  
  have you tried nekogram?
What ads are you talking about?
Maybe install Telegram FOSS?
- TGFOSS doesn't remove ads. Infact, by the API policies you aren't allowed to do that as a client maintainer.
Does the adguard dns still exist?
- I don't think you can block first party ads using adguard dns
- It does.
Killergram for Android, assuming you've either got a rooted device or LSPatch.

I remember there also being something for Telegram desktop but I can't find it right now.

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