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minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up72·6 months agoI block 99% of all trackers and social media. I can’t even order a fucking pizza online. fuck this commercial world.
minus-squareDrDystopia@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-26 months ago24k sweet baby Jesus they want yer precious bodily fluids m8.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoWhy the fuck does BBC sounds have so much tracking???
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months 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-up10·6 months 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-up10·6 months agoYeah, honestly that almost looks like straight-up incompetence, like a ton of polling going on.
minus-squarePaleRider@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoYeah, I wondered that but I’m no tech expert.
minus-squaredaslfc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoLooks like the duckduck go app for android
minus-squareLag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoThank you. I knew they had a browser but I didn’t know it could also block tracking from other apps. Definitely useful.
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoLots of these trackers and advertisers will happily serve you literal malware. It’s not safe to browse unprotected.
minus-squarePaleRider@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoI use duckduckgo browser. It has an App tracker blocker.
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…
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
Thank you. I knew they had a browser but I didn’t know it could also block tracking from other apps. Definitely useful.
Yup… Duckduckgo.
Lots of these trackers and advertisers will happily serve you literal malware. It’s not safe to browse unprotected.
Wait, what app are you using?
I use duckduckgo browser. It has an App tracker blocker.