When a person first puts a application On your mobile device and run it for the first time, you can see messages A pop-up asking for permission to access certain data or features smartphone. Although users can opt out of sharing this data, sometimes these requests are not fully read and information That delivered is more than needed.

Some applications require access contacts, location history, text messages, among other features that may cause a Violation of privacy Because data is being collected that these programs really don’t need to work. The ability for users to manage this information is a feature that can provide safety of the people Internet.

That’s why DuckDuckGoThe Internet browser started to launch an additional function called App tracking protectionwhich allows device users Android Know what kind of information is being shared with the apps installed on their smartphones.

According to the official DuckDuckGo website, browser indicates that, although this function is in phase beta testingIt is open source and can be installed on devices Android from now on.

How App Tracking Protection works

“Protection against application tracking Android It’s free and blocks most trackers that identify you in other apps from third-party companies,” the statement said. browser. This means that in addition to identifying data shared with developers, it also blocks access to other web pages or applications.

On the other hand, DuckDuckGo indicates in its statement that 96% Some of the apps they test have data trackers that are hidden from users, so their Privacy would be disturbed. This feature is integrated into the browser platform Android.

The browser will be responsible for determining when applications are installed a smartphone are going to send information to third parties and will block most of these requests data.

Since the feature will run in the background, users will only see a message which show the number of cases where these privacy breach situations have been avoided.

According to him browserBlocking the sending of information will not cause it to malfunction applications installed, which requests access to data such as location, but will prevent it from being sent to other companies or applications. Installed platforms will continue to operate similarly.

People who want to see it working in real time tool browser, they can do this by entering from within the application. Users will be able to see an updated counter of blocked send attempts as well applications which corresponds to asks for.

Join the waiting list

The beta testing Open calls also include the opportunity for users to join a waiting list when the tool is officially released to users. To register, users must complete the following steps:

– Download the browser application DuckDuckGo for Android. If you already are installedIt can be updated to the latest version.

– Open settings setup and click Application Tracking Protection located in the section Privacy.

– Click on the option join in waiting.

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