Apple Removes Multiple Ad Blockers From App Store Due To Potential Security Threat
When new ad-blocking applications were introduced to Apple’s App Store, content creators reacted quite weary. Having these applications block all types of advertisements online, and in-app makes monetizing creations even more difficult. That being said, Apple recently removed quite a few of these apps, as they might pose a security threat to users. All of the iOS ad blockers that have been removed from the Apple App Store pose a major security threat to users, as they all redirect traffic through an unmonitored VPN connection. This allows these apps to read unencrypted traffic to remove....
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