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DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection is now in public beta
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Published onNovember 17, 2022
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Your privacy should be your priority when browsing the web or while using your phone. DuckDuckGo is a well-known privacy-oriented search engine, and as such, it’s a search engine of choice for many.
There’s already aDuckDuckGo browser, but the current change is related to the Android version of the app.
With the recent changes to its Android app, DuckDuckGo introduced a new feature that will make app usage more private on your phone.
What is DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection and how can I use it?
App Tracking Protection for Androidis a beta feature in the DuckDuckGo Android app. With this feature enabled, you’ll block third-party trackers in apps, even if you’re not actively using them.
As you probably know, a similar feature called Apple’s App Tracking Transparency is available for iOS, and now finally DuckDuckGo is bringing something similar to Android users.
Once you enable this feature, it will detect the apps that are trying to send the data to third-party tracking companies and block most of these requests. You can read more about it onDuckDuckGo’s App Tracker Blocklist GitHub page.
Once you start App Tracking Protection, you’ll be able to see which tracking company is trying to collect your data, the data that is being collected, and the app that is sending the data to the tracker.
The feature uses a local “VPN connection” meaning that all processing happens on your phone, without sending any data to DuckDuckGo or any other servers.
You can use this feature today and you just need to do the following:
After that, you’re good to go. The App Tracking Protection is an incredibly useful feature and it’s something that all Android phones should have enabled by default.
If you liked this feature, you can also get@Duck email addressfor extra security. Have you tried App Tracking Protection? Let us know in the comments below.
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Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
