Comment on I hate using mobile to read articles

• vanquesse@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• zerosignal@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  On android, to block trackers.

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  • pseudonym@monyet.cc ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Like as a browser you mean? Then what’s Firefox for?

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    • zerosignal@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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