Ever wondered how many trackers you're blocking or how much bandwidth you’re saving with #ProtonVPN's Netshield Ad-blocker turned on? Now you can!
See your online privacy in numbers with the new #NetShield Privacy Panel.
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@protonvpn But how does it measure how much bandwidth I save if nothing gets downloaded? 🤔
@m0xee It is important to note that this number is an estimation because we cannot get the actual data. The formula on how this works is:
- Total volume of ads, trackers, and malware blocked during your VPN session
x
- The average size of these same ads, trackers, and malware
We cut the request before the ad is displayed, therefore, we don't know the actual size of the ad.
The average size of trackers/ads is also an estimation.
The data is refreshed every 60 seconds of foreground activity.
@protonvpn
I see, makes sense. Thanks for the follow-up!
I think putting "~" there to denote approximation, so it's "~1.5Mb data saved", will prevent people like me from coming up with their usual "But how?". But it's up to you of course.
@m0xee Thank you for your feedback, we'll pass it on to the team internally.