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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Shit, did your phone extend a needle for a blood test?

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At this point I think it would be more informative to simply display the data they don’t collect. My guess is “nothing”.

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That’s insane

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Well this fuckings sucks. Hard.

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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

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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

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