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TrackerControl seems to have detected trackers from TOR, Ironfox and from DuckDuckGo?! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

TrackerControl uses an on-device mock VPN to listen for DNS requests to known advertisers/trackers.

If you're using a browser and navigate to a website with any tracking URLs, when they get queried TC will hear those and flag. If you have the F-Droid version you can have it block those extra requests, but better is having a properly configured ad blocker on your browser.

The problem isn't the apps, it's the sites you're visiting.

[โ€“] notreallyhere@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

not if you disable JavaScript ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Things like tracker pixels still exist. Even without JavaScript the page you're browsing may ping facebook.com

[โ€“] notreallyhere@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

how does it phone home without oop?

[โ€“] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, got it, thanks!