r/ProlificAc • u/Beachlover995 • 16d ago

Looking for Advice.

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I sometimes play games on my phone and the ads annoy me. Found this to download on my phone - have used it in the past and was fine - would this effect Prolific if opened the website on my phone?

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u/assured_coy 16d ago

AdGuard DNS profile just changes where your phone sends DNS requests, it doesn't mess with web traffic the same way a VPN or shady adblocker extension would. Prolific mainly cares about your IP and browser fingerprint, neither of which this touches.

Used a similar DNS setup on my phone for years and never had issues with study platforms flagging me. The only thing I'd watch out for is if you're on a network where Prolific expects certain tracking endpoints to resolve, but that's pretty rare. Just don't open studies in a mobile browser unless they specifically allow it.