Shaula Evans@zirk.us to Privacy@fedia.io · 15 days ago

I was aware that phone apps hoover up private data but I had no concept of the scope of it until I enabled the DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection.

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I was aware that phone apps hoover up private data but I had no concept of the scope of it until I enabled the DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection.

Shaula Evans@zirk.us to Privacy@fedia.io · 15 days ago

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I was aware that phone apps hoover up private data but I had no concept of the scope of it until I enabled the DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection.

*I find the free version of the AccuWeather app to be quite good. I wouldn’t run it or recommend it without tracking protection though. Holy cow.

#DuckDuckGo #Privacy #DataPrivacy #PhonePrivacy #Android #AccuWeather

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It “only” blocks tracking requests to DuckDuckGo, right? Not universally, e.g. when I’m using another standard browser?