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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."
This is why I use Privacy Badger
Not only does it show you what and where it blocks, but you can also whitelist blocking in case you play browser games.
I've been using Chrome with Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin for eons, now. Listening to youtube playlists without getting interrupted by ads is a real treat...
You'd LOVE Sponsor Block then.
It uses AI to cut out all sponsorships from within YouTube videos. Anything AI misses, the users can cut out.
So no more Raid Shadow Legends or Nord VPN interruptions. Just pure entertainment!
Is it AI based? I thought people add their own time segments with a label. I know I can turn the feature on to do that using Revanced.
squints ...that sounds annoying. I honestly don't mind sponsors. It's a simple way for content creators to make money. I just ignore or skip.
You literally don't notice it. That's the point.
It's like it cuts it out using a scalpel
You get weeks of your life back from one add-on.
200 in a few hours sounds like a lot (well, it is) but is small compared to some apps I use. Revolut tried to make tens of thousands of requests in an hour last time I looked! I expect that particular app is coded badly so when it gets rejected it just endlessly tries to repeat the request.
I highly recommend everyone installs something like the DuckDuckGo android app because it blocks tracking attempts in all apps. It's a bit horrifying to see how often, how much, and what type of data all our apps are requesting.
Not sure why anyone would install that garbage. Even a one off install to check it out means it will upload lots of data.
It's easy to missjudge how much of our society are just mindless drones.
What does Threads do that Mastodon doesn't? Aren't they basically just a different app for the same thing? What am I getting wrong here?
Holy shit. I'd ask how the fuck is this even legal, but seeing EU's reaction I guess it really kinda isn't
Other than GPS coordinates, what's the problem?
It's pretty standard stuff that every app collects.
I'm actually asking what specific thing is the problem.
Wait, they're trying to check the status of your headphone? That's way too far. Why do they need to know if the headphone's plugged in?
ITT: Users not having any fucking clue what's going on, and laughing at a client that was clearly released in a few days. As if it's not blatantly obvious they are going to add the reddit and Twitter features later. Threads is going to own fediverse, deal with it.
So much Threads panic, yet we're apparently willing to just believe whatever DuckDuckGo says, even though the company has a pretty terrible track record.
Go look at the permissions Threads is granted. Mine has Notifications and nothing else. Android won't let it have access to most of the information in that list.
"Known to collect" - this app is sending data back to Facebook and we've made some wild ass assumptions about what that data might be in order to scare you into getting all your friends to download our browser. Worked pretty well, huh.
Delete them? Just dont install the damn app, stop using facebook!
