On android, to block trackers.
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pseudonym@monyet.cc 2 years agoWhat’s duckduckgo for in this combo? VPN? Search?
zerosignal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
pseudonym@monyet.cc 2 years ago
Like as a browser you mean? Then what’s Firefox for?
zerosignal@lemmy.world 2 years ago
DDG has tracker protection that works like a VPN to protect your phone from trackers, it runs in the background no matter what app you are using.
TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 2 years ago
Sort of. From what I’ve heard DDG can set up a tracking blocker that will block tracking attempts across your entire phone, but I don’t know exactly how it works.
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Search engine.
Firefox instead of Chrome
DDG instead of Google / Yahoo / Bing
DDG has their own browser, which I think is a modified version of Firefox.
vanquesse@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
the DDG browser can setup a “fake vpn” tracking blocker for your entire phone. Last I checked certain apps were excluded by default as the tech is quite new and some apps don’t work right with it. It’ll then give you an overview of how many tracking attempts it blocks for each app.