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.”

    • chas@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s not AI based whatsoever and is entirely crowdsourced by users creating the segments. Not sure where you got the idea AI has any part in it other than a purely blind assumption that you’re now spreading as fact.

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      • magnetosphere@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        …a purely blind assumption that you’re now spreading as fact.

        Hey, let’s not dismiss this technique out of hand. Sometimes, it helps people get elected President!