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minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·1 day agoI block 99% of all trackers and social media. I can’t even order a fucking pizza online. fuck this commercial world.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoLots of these trackers and advertisers will happily serve you literal malware. It’s not safe to browse unprotected.
minus-squareDrDystopia@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-21 day ago24k sweet baby Jesus they want yer precious bodily fluids m8.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoWhy the fuck does BBC sounds have so much tracking???
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoProbably to collect all that it can to sell the data. Or they fucked up the feature and it triggers a connection attempt each second or sth.
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoI mean, even for your average commercial app, that’s an absolutely insane rate. I’m betting it keeps retrying whenever it fails or something
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoYeah, honestly that almost looks like straight-up incompetence, like a ton of polling going on.
minus-squarePaleRider@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoYeah, I wondered that but I’m no tech expert.
minus-squaredaslfc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoLooks like the duckduck go app for android
minus-squareLag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThank you. I knew they had a browser but I didn’t know it could also block tracking from other apps. Definitely useful.
I block 99% of all trackers and social media.
I can’t even order a fucking pizza online.
fuck this commercial world.
It’s a fucking war zone…
Wait, what app are you using?
Lots of these trackers and advertisers will happily serve you literal malware. It’s not safe to browse unprotected.
24k sweet baby Jesus they want yer precious bodily fluids m8.
Why the fuck does BBC sounds have so much tracking???
Probably to collect all that it can to sell the data. Or they fucked up the feature and it triggers a connection attempt each second or sth.
I mean, even for your average commercial app, that’s an absolutely insane rate. I’m betting it keeps retrying whenever it fails or something
Yeah, honestly that almost looks like straight-up incompetence, like a ton of polling going on.
Yeah, I wondered that but I’m no tech expert.
What do you use to block attempts?
Looks like the duckduck go app for android
Yup… Duckduckgo.
Thank you. I knew they had a browser but I didn’t know it could also block tracking from other apps. Definitely useful.