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.”

  • Cras@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So much Threads panic, yet we’re apparently willing to just believe whatever DuckDuckGo says, even though the company has a pretty terrible track record.

    Go look at the permissions Threads is granted. Mine has Notifications and nothing else. Android won’t let it have access to most of the information in that list.

    “Known to collect” - this app is sending data back to Facebook and we’ve made some wild ass assumptions about what that data might be in order to scare you into getting all your friends to download our browser. Worked pretty well, huh.