According to The Verge, DuckDuckGo's tool hasn't been rolled out as part of an update to all Android phones, nor is it available as a separate download. It's built into DuckDuckGo''s privacy-focused browser app, but works across your device. In a post on its blog , the company said that the tool will block "trackers it identifies in other apps from third-party companies.
Once App Tracking Protection is enabled, it will run in the background as you use your phone. The tool recognises when an app is about to send data to a third-party tracker, and will then prevent the app from taking your information. DuckDuckGo said that it's "continually working to identify and protect against new trackers," which means that your data should be kept away from any new trackers that crop up.
From the DuckDuckGo app, you should also be able to see a real-time view of trackers that the tool has blocked, along with where your data would've been going. The company says that although its App Tracking Protection tool isn't a virtual private network VPN , your device will behave as if it is one.
While conducting its own test, DuckDuckGo found that more than 96 percent of some of the most popular free Android apps have third-party trackers that most users are unaware of. As per The Verge, the company also discovered that 87 percent of these apps send user data to Google , while 68 per cent send data to Facebook. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. After enabling App Tracking Protection, the DuckDuckGo app will detect when your Android apps are about to send data to third-party tracking companies found in our app tracker dataset, and block those requests.
You can enjoy your apps as you normally would and App Tracking Protection will run in the background and continue to block the detected trackers throughout your apps, even while you sleep.
App Tracking Protection is not a virtual private network VPN , though your device will recognize it as one. Directly from the DuckDuckGo app, you can see a real time view of App Tracking Protection blocking trackers as well as which tracking networks they tried to send data to.
To get access to the beta of App Tracking Protection, join the private waitlist! We're letting new people in every week, so the sooner you join, the sooner you'll be protecting your app privacy.
We decided to release App Tracking Protection in beta while we work on getting the experience just right. We hope to reduce this list even further over time. You'll then be asked to give details of the problem you experienced. Skip to main content. DuckDuckGo is launching App Tracking Protection for Android into beta, a new feature in our existing app that will block third-party trackers like Google and Facebook lurking in other apps.
Join the private waitlist from our Android app today and help shape the future of App Tracking Protection! Companies hide trackers in your apps that can capture personal information. BETA App Tracking Protection for Android is free and blocks trackers it identifies in other apps from third-party companies those different from the company that owns each app.
Protection from app trackers, even while you sleep.
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