I have this app installed but i cant flip the switch. It says that another vpn is always connected.
in Android, you are only can run one VPN at a time. You have to disable your other VPN
Yeah indeed. I figured that out in the meanwhile.
But are those vpn’s from those apps like blokada and trackercontrol as good as expressvpn?
They are totally different. The VPN from TC and Blockada are only VPN’s which are located on your own device to monitor the internet traffic. They don’t hide or change your IP or anything else. They are only blocking trackers
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Oh OK. Clear answer.
Thank u
Not trying to argue, please help me to understand what you wrote.
On my android device, when I do NOT have Blockada running, when I go to a site like “What is my IP address”, it shows my IP address location in my hometown, which is where my ISP is located.
But, when I turn on Blockada, then the same site shows my IP address as being thousands of miles away (in a different country).
I’m little confused. The IP change via VPN has nothing to do with Tracker blocking and that’s the topic of this tread
Harvey, I was responding to your post in which you wrote this: “The VPN from TC and Blockada are only VPN’s which are located on your own device to monitor the internet traffic. They don’t hide or change your IP …” When I read what you wrote I thought, "That is not what I am seeing with Blockada on my android devices. That’s why I asked my question of you.
Blokada basic uses the local vpn for tracker control. Additionally you can buy Blokada plus. This is an external vpn from Blokada. So Blokada plus is a combination of internal tracker control vpn and external change ip etc. vpn.
Oh, I see. Yes, I have Blockada plus, I didn’t realize that what you described is a difference between plus and regular Blockada.
Hi,
I recently discovered that TC block more than actually necessary.
I have to use a business telephony app for my office. This app is very important because it allows me to receive business call on my mobile phone.
I deactivated the blocking of this app in TC but then the app was not working (no ringing), so this mean missing calls, which is very bad. I then deactivated TC with the “master” switch. The Telephony app is now working as it should.
I tried to explain my problem to the developer via telegram, but unfortunately he did not respond yet. Others in this chat, told me that TC on FP3 0.13 could give some internet problem. Like loosing the connection.
So my questions, is there a way to fix it and keep using TC?
Do I have to switch to an alternative tracker control, which one would your recommend?
I use a PF3 with 0.13 version.
Got some response from the developer. He seams to be a very nice.
I will try to reinstall the app, and do some little tweak in networking (all on). and then testing.
I hope I can keep TC, because it makes a lot of sense and the developer is very friendly 
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Have TC running for about two hours now and have to say it is awesome! Does somebody know about a similar application for Linux and Windows?
Firefox web browser. Set Tracking protection to “strict”
Hi,
I recently installed /e/ and followed up by installing TrackerControl as suggested to me in another thread.
However, I can’t make sense of it. I’m basically unable to connect to anything now, even a simple search in DuckDuckGo won’t work, nothing loading in NewPipe, etc. nothing goes.
Did I miss something?
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Thank you all for the suggestions.
Thank you, but the browser is not really the problem. I’ve used Firefox for quiet some time but switched to Iridium Browser recently. I’ll see how this goes.
Not bad, but i don’t want a DNS service to filter my queries. I already filter DNS queries with Pi-hole within my private network and was thinking about a VPN, but i have bad upload rates. I was hoping that something like Tracker Control exist for Linux and Windows…or something like a local Pi-hole.
If you simply turn Tracker Control on it might be to restrictive. I’ve turned it on with block all, tried app after app and set exclusions.
Nah, that’s all normal. It’s then up to you to allow whatever is being blocked and keeping an app from connecting properly. Tracker Control is doing its job. Get familiar with how it works. For instance, for NewPipe you’ll see i.ytimage.com is blocked. That handles the images. Just flip the switch in the NewPipe section where that is being blocked (Uncategorized I think). Images and videos should then work.
In its Settings -> Options you can turn off Strict Blocking. It should then allow (not block) so-called Essential trackers.
Okay I did that but NewPipe still can’t load anything. So what about the main switch at the top left of the app? Is that a kills switch for all apps? Do I turn it off and rely on the per-app controls instead?
If you mean the switch at the upper left of the TC app, then no. That turns on or off the VPN as a whole (don’t forget, TC is a VPN).
The monitoring of individual apps can be turned off though, as seen here…
Side note: As you can see on the screen, TC can also act as a firewall and block internet access to apps if needed.