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.”

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
    178·
    1 year ago

    The list is just a list.

    The VPN just blocked requests to Facebook domains and it says that it might have contained that data. But it has no idea what data was inside. Maybe was filled with tracking or maybe it was just requesting something else

    • hyper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      441·
      1 year ago

      I mean here is a screenshot of the data the Threads iOS app collects:

      This checks literally every vector the app could collect data from.

    • nepenthes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      1 year ago

      I am also trying DDG app tracker out. This is what I got after opening Simcity Buildit. Not really surprised, because Fuck EA, but some of the requests might be the linking of account. Still, 930-- damnnnnn.

      excruciatingly long list with many corporations