Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

  • @Psythik@lemm.ee
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    149 days ago

    The DDG app shows no 3rd party tracking attempts made by Firefox at all… So far…

    • Bleeping Lobster
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      -48 days ago

      Yeah. People can avoid all this nonsense by installing one simple app… Duck duck go browser.

      You don’t have to use the browser. It just sits in the background quietly blocking tracking requests from other apps.

      It’s absolutely horrifying on first use to see how egregious tracking is.

      • Jiří Král
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        8 days ago

        There’s also the PersonalDNSFilter which does the equivalent while being a tiny open-source app that serves only for that purpose and also somehow still not getting banned from the Google Play store or AdAway which also has this feature or TrackerControl or…

      • @0xD@infosec.pub
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        6 days ago

        That’s not how it works. Apps cannot access the traffic of other apps, let alone decrypt it. There is no way DDG Browser does what you claim it does. They do not even claim that themselves.

        EDIT: Unless, of course, it works as a VPN, which apparently it does.

        • @Psythik@lemm.ee
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          48 days ago

          It does in fact do what they claim it does, by functioning as a VPN.

          You should probably try the app first before talking out of your ass.

          • Bleeping Lobster
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            26 days ago

            Crazy that I’ve been downvoted for offering factual help, while the comment which is provably incorrect is up voted

          • @0xD@infosec.pub
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            16 days ago

            I did have the browser app a few months ago, but didn’t see any such functionality. Of course, by working as a VPN that works.

            • @Psythik@lemm.ee
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              25 days ago

              It’s in the Settings, under “App Tracking Protection”.

              I don’t even use the browser part of the app.