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It’s not just disturbing; it could be dangerous to the wellbeing of your data and privacy. Unfortunately, neither Android nor iOS is very successful when preventing trackers on a global scale. There is hope for you, however, hope that comes in the form of the DuckDuckGo web browser. <\/p>\n
For those that don’t know, DuckDuckGo started out as an alternative search engine, offering considerably more privacy than Google. The company then released its own web browser for both Android<\/a> and iOS<\/a> that focused on user privacy and online trust. By default, this browser collects no data nor shares any data with third parties. On top of that, DuckDuckGo as a straight-up web browser is quite good, with plenty of user customization options.<\/p>\n But there’s one particular feature that should prompt you to immediately make the switch from your default: App Tracking Protection.<\/p>\n At this time, you have to actually request an invitation to gain access to the feature. This will be the case until the feature is out of beta, so you must join the waitlist for the feature in-app (from Settings – Figure 1<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Figure 1<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n Requesting to get onto the App Tracking feature waitlist in DuckDuckGo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Image: Jack Wallen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Once you are accepted, you’ll receive an invite code that you can enter to enable the feature. <\/p>\n After you’ve enabled the feature, you’ll discover DuckDuckGo reports all blocked tracking attempts in your Notification Shade. And you’ll also have access to a well-designed dashboard that displays all blocked trackers in the past seven days (Figure 2<\/strong>).<\/p>\n Figure 2<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n No app is safe to track you with DuckDuckGo on the watch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Image: Jack Wallen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n You might find, over days or weeks, that certain applications no longer work as expected. This could be because an app requires trackers in order to function properly. If this is the case you have two options: uninstall the app (which is what I’d recommend — unless you absolutely need it) or allow that application to track you.<\/p>\n To allow an app to track you, locate it under RECENT ACTIVITY and tap the entry. In the resulting page (Figure 3<\/strong>), tap the ON\/OFF slider until it’s in the OFF position. DuckDuckGo will no longer prevent trackers within that app.<\/p>\n Figure 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/picture><\/div>\n
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