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Android
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Accessibility zoom bug on Android ?
The issue should be fixed in the very latest version available. If you can try updating to version 5.181.1 (available in the Play Store or directly from https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/releases/tag/5.181.1), that should fix the issue.
- Check out "DuckDuckGo Private Browser"
- Check out "DucDuckGo Private Browser"
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âźł 4 apps added, 72 updated at f-droid.org
DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser (version 5.174.0): Privacy, simplified
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Mobile apps illegally share your personal data
We fixed this issue a long time ago.
https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/pull/878
Thanks
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What are some open source android projects that you can go to see Best practices or how they implemented stuff
DDG https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android
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looks good, but is it? "App Tracking Protection blocked 66066 tracking attempts in Reddit and 1 other app (past hour)"
DuckDuckGo isn't sending your data anywhere, it's just acting as a filter between your apps and the internet. It's open source, so you can view the code to verify it yourself, and build it to run on your phone. And rest disturbed, if it was up to sketchy stuff, it would lose a lot of what it is staking its reputation on
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Go FOSS: Information is power
Lots of things I like about the site. For one, I value that privacy has been highlighted.
They feature Firefox but it requires so much work to tweak. I feel this is a reflex recommendation though I do, very much, like that FF allows itself to be tweaked.
On the Desktop... I much prefer LibreWolf - which I didn't see listed. It is what Firefox should be.
On mobile, I prefer DuckDuckGo's Android browser. Firefox mobile comes bundled with 3 trackers! Why must you always shoot yourself in the foot, Mozilla? It's never ending.
DDG is not only open source (https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android) but it also does not have a single tracker. If that wasn't enough, it comes with a module called App Tracking Protection. It's brilliant. It blocks trackers from other apps. I cannot recommend this enough. The sheer amount of information collected from apps on your phone...
I have had apps at 30 attempts in the first few seconds and reach 1,000 tracking attempts within 1/2 an hour. Every single item - from contacts to specific location - is constantly being polled. Every app seems to be running spyware from various vendors - even my banking app.
Wall of text, time to stop. Nice site, love that it's not afraid to be technical.
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DuckDuckGo Browser Privacy Myth ?
DuckDuckGo is reputable and their browser is open source. They don't track and report the stuff they see, they just block it.
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Duck duck go is it really that private?
To be honest, I don't see any need for a DuckDuckGo browser. After their response to this issue, I personally wouldn't consider touching them. But even without that...why? Even without the horrendous privacy violation and the arrogant attempt to brush it away, is there anything DuckDuckGo's browser does that Firefox doesn't do better? I'm not aware of anything.
privacytools.io
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Ash HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?
FYI, Privacy Guides is a shitshow. It was formerly privacytools.io[1], and in 2019, the creator[2] of privacytools.io stopped contributing[3] and a new contributor[4] immediately focused on donations[5], became the admin[6] and took control[7] of most assets, including donations but excluding the domain and Twitter account[8]. In 2021, the creator of privacytools.io launched a new privacytools.io[9] and added affiliate links[10], and the Privacy Guides team shut down r/privacytoolsIO rather than return it[11] to the creator. Like I said, a shitshow.
[1] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io
[2] https://www.reddit.com/user/BurungHantu
[3] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?auth...
[4] https://github.com/jonaharagon
[5] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?afte...
[6] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commit/4b60a...
[8] https://twitter.com/privacytoolsIO
[10] https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/raftz6/i_made_...
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Top Android Phones From China Are Packed With Spyware, Research Finds
Yes, we know you're still mad we won't add Threema. It was thoroughly discussed in our old organization.
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L'Europe se dirige vers une fermeture de Facebook après que l'Irlande a déclaré qu'elle envisage d'empêcher Meta d'envoyer les données des utilisateurs européens vers les États-Unis
en 2019: Signal has copious privacy issues making it unfit for privacytools.io endorsement.
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Is Signal %100 open source?
Signal is just another walled garden and has a lot of other problems too: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/779
- Why is it a good idea to stay updated and avoid unsupported releases
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Lukol – A “Privacy” Search Engine
Or the fork which is much more active these days https://docs.searxng.org/
In the past it Lukol served Google Ads: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/1557#...
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Will mu4e+mbsync not work for Gmail after this month?
Never heard of it. Fastmail apparently never made it on to the privacytools.io list for its geographical location. See here for some other recommendations. There are also malifence and posteo. I use posteo and mailbox.org. The main two weird things about posteo is that there is no spam folder (detected spam is rejected with no option to change this), and you can't use a custom domain (because they don't want to have any information on you/your name). Mailbox.org can optionally reject spam and lets you use your custom domain. I like it a lot so far.
- How Signal keep his independency
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Brave is rolling out a new feature called De-AMP, which allows Brave users to bypass Google-hosted AMP pages, and instead visit the content’s publisher directly
The correct link is https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/pull/657
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All privacy tools we recommend on a single page
Worth noting the "admins" of that site wrote the content for it, check for yourself https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits/master BurungHantu hadn't written anything really since 2016.
What are some alternatives?
Neo-Store - An F-Droid client with modern UI and an arsenal of extra features.
privacyguides.org - Protect your data against global mass surveillance programs.
Subsonic - Home of the DSub Android client fork
brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
kubenav - kubenav is the navigator for your Kubernetes clusters right in your pocket.
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
aos-AVP - NOVA opeN sOurce Video plAyer: main repository to build them all
BlockTheSpot - Video, audio & banner adblock/skip for Spotify
jiten-webview - jiten-webview - android webview wrapper for jiten.obfusk.dev
libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit
Handy-News-Reader - Handy News Reader is a light and modern Android feed reader, based on Flym News Reader
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements