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The Zuck suck is in full swing. (social.fossware.space)

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."

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[-] EricHill78@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This is what I got after 5 minutes.

[-] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I understand getting location because the big companies have country specific websites that have different pricing and products but why boot time?

[-] B1naryShad0w@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

my guess is so google can use this data for analytics for their operating system since it collects OS version too

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