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In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

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[โ€“] Firipu@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How did you block all that? Can duckduckgo block apps from accessing that data? There's no website version of threads yet right?

Edit: nvm. Duckduckgo has an app tracking blocker built in these days. Coolcoolcool

[โ€“] Nyaa@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

DuckDuckGo has a tracker blocker in their Android app that runs as a local vpn on your phone to filter tracking stuffs from other apps, mostly just acts like a firewall with their tracker list on it