39.377 tracking attempts by apps and websites blocked on my Murena phone with /e/OS in the past 30 days (!) thanks to the built-in tracker blocker in /e/OS

rikviergever@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

39.377 tracking attempts by apps and websites blocked on my Murena phone with /e/OS in the past 30 days (!) thanks to the built-in tracker blocker in /e/OS

Luffy@lemmy.ml · 3 months ago

Just saying

big number go up ≠ you are private. You Blockes 20% of tracking. You are still providing a lot of data
DNS Blockers are still a temporary measure to a permanent Problem. Too many people usw blockers? They will simply put their ad services into their usual domain instead of a subdomain. And with that, all DNS Blockers are unusable.
you are not de-anything. You want to change something? Use alternatives instead of hoping for workarounds.

django@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 months ago

Your apps are running wild, it seems. I’ve had 257 blocked attempts in 7 apps.

Do you have an adblocker in your browser? I guess uBlock origin catches most things on my phone.

IratePirate@feddit.org · 3 months ago

At 57 apps, this isn’t the browser. This is likely a collection of absolutely cancerous apps (Tiktok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc.) that are responsible for the egregious amounts of tracking /e/OS partly blocks.

Also, don’t be fooled into thinking you can use these apps in a privacy-friendly way. Just because you’re running software that blocks any additional tracking, spying on you is built into their core functionality and cannot be disabled. The only way to win the game is not to play it.