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telegram ads (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Use the open source client on fdroid

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

I haven't used telegram, but in general this is the correct solution.

[–] electro1@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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..

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 6 months ago

I see no ads using the open source client.

[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't think there is a Foss client on fdroid at least that blocks ads

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What about desktop?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

No idea

[–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago

There sure is:

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

have you tried nekogram?

[–] aprehendedmerlin@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't get updated anymore

[–] papaya@possumpat.io 4 points 6 months ago

It does still get updated about once a month, last one was on April 2: https://nekogram.app/changelog

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

And?

This hard on for updates is exasperating. Does it still work?