cross-posted from: https://social.fossware.space/post/123876

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.”

Trackers, trackers and ol’ Zucc’s roboface galore.

  • omgnvq@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Not sure just mildly infuriating 😅

    Also infuriating: the number of my friends who have installed this shitty app 😑

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      1 year ago

      Okay, this is an honest question.

      Why do you care? How does it matter at all to you what apps your friends use? How does it affect you?

      I can totally understand people valuing their privacy strongly and refusing to use mainstream corporate social media. I can also understand people who don’t care about that and decide that they get more out of it than they give.

      Given that people posting on a social network that you’re not on has essentially no effect on you at all beyond a vague bit of FOMO, why does it matter?

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    1 year ago

    Facebook I’m only comfortable using inside a browser for this reason, and not with Chrome either. Something proper like Firefox that can block third party cookies and run it in a container automatically so it can’t follow you around. I need to contain the filth.

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      1 year ago

      What kind of addon do you use to contain the tracking cookies on Firefox? I’d really like to get it too.