Through our testing, we’ve found that a phone with 35 apps can experience between 1,000-2,000 tracking attempts every day and contact 70+ different tracking companies.
The average Android user has 35 apps on their phone.
So, we’re offering Android users something even more powerful: enable our App Tracking Protection and we'll automatically block all the hidden trackers we can identify as blockable across your apps.Īpp Tracking Protection beta users have been surprised to see how many tracking attempts the feature is blocking. But most smartphone users worldwide actually use Android. You may have heard of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a feature for iPhones and iPads that asks users whether they want to allow third-party app tracking or not in each of their apps ( with the majority of people choosing “not”). With the App Tracking Protection 'Activity Report', you can see which 3rd-parties are trying to track you. It's a free feature in the DuckDuckGo Android app that helps block 3rd-party trackers in the apps on your phone (like Google snooping in your weather app) – meaning more comprehensive privacy and less creepy targeting. Start blocking 3rd-party trackers in your Android apps today: update to the latest version of the DuckDuckGo Android app, open Settings and select “App Tracking Protection” (under More from DuckDuckGo section), and follow the onscreen instructions.Īpp Tracking Protection for Android is launching into open beta today.We’ve also improved performance, reduced app exclusions, and made our blocklist publicly available. New since the waitlist beta launch: you can see what personal data trackers are typically trying to collect before we block them (like your precise location, age, and a digital fingerprint of your phone).It’s a beta feature in DuckDuckGo for Android that helps block 3rd-party trackers in your apps, even when you’re not using them. App Tracking Protection is now open for all Android users.App Tracking Protection Beta is Now Available to All Android Users Filed under on
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