In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”

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      Yeah for real… are these people fucking retarded? There was a mass Facebook exodus for a reason… does nobody remember?

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        Idk, literally everyone I know has a Facebook page. They may not use it, buts it’s there almost like a listing in a phone book.

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            Happened to me. Had a fake profile to test some apps and when they asked for an ID, I literally sent a pic of my MIDDLE FINGER. They accepted.

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    What I don’t understand is why people wound even want to use this app…

    What possible appeal could it have?

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      Using Threads knowing it’s a product of Zuck, is like voting for Trump in 2024 cause he wore a different style suit.

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        You say that, but if he went out on stage in a pink sequins suit with assless chaps because it would somehow “own the libs”, a tragically high number of people would be all over that.

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          The Proud Boys leader fucked a dildo to own the libs. So you’re not wrong.

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            Oh God I forgot about that lmao, what a fucking idiot. I wonder how many of his fellow Proud Boys tried it out too 🤣

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      “Okay so it’s basically Twitter, but with like… Facebook features…” Is literally a joke I have made about annoying app ideas people have when you tell them you’re a software developer.

      I have made this joke a few times, because it killed every time.

      I’m stunned. Out of material, and stunned.

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        Had a dude tell me he wanted to ‘disrupt’ social media by creating a LinkedIn alternative that allowed posting videos.

        He just needed a couple ‘techies’ like me to get it off the ground.

        Haven’t heard from him in a while. I hope rehab worked out for him.

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        Your responsible for this you willed this evil into the world I cast you out to the sea and rocks below to you and your twitter with Facebook features

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    That tracks about everything it possibly can just for the sake of it. I despise Meta so much…

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      The list is just a list.

      The VPN just blocked requests to Facebook domains and it says that it might have contained that data. But it has no idea what data was inside. Maybe was filled with tracking or maybe it was just requesting something else

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        I am also trying DDG app tracker out. This is what I got after opening Simcity Buildit. Not really surprised, because Fuck EA, but some of the requests might be the linking of account. Still, 930-- damnnnnn.

        excruciatingly long list with many corporations

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    It’s unbelievable that an app which collect this many data points, including voice, is legally allowed. Insane. Yes, people should not use it and should care, but come on… this is just mass surveillance and collection.

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    People here complaining about Threads and TikTok (Chinese owned) being the defacto social network for an entire generation over there without outrage, and when it’s outrage about it people just say “at least is not the US” what kind of defense is that?

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      I usually don’t like these types of comments but here we go: Because in TikTok america bad memes are really popular. And TikTok is owned by the Chinese. What a coincidence.I don’t understand how TikTok is being defended here, its basically propaganda.Wasn’t there a case of like a huuge amount of videos critizising the chinese goverment removed?

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    200 in a few hours sounds like a lot (well, it is) but is small compared to some apps I use. Revolut tried to make tens of thousands of requests in an hour last time I looked! I expect that particular app is coded badly so when it gets rejected it just endlessly tries to repeat the request.

    I highly recommend everyone installs something like the DuckDuckGo android app because it blocks tracking attempts in all apps. It’s a bit horrifying to see how often, how much, and what type of data all our apps are requesting.

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        Yup, their browser. Had to check what apps were tracking stuff when I saw this post and for example Spotify was getting blocked twice every second while I was listening to music.

        I have 24 000 blocked tracking attempts since installing the browser a couple of weeks ago.

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    That’s insane, well I know one thing. This is making me want to go download the DuckDuckGo browser.

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    wtf do they even need charging status, headphone status, volume, direction rotation accelerometer wtf

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      To advertise. If your battery is at 17%, they’re gonna advertise a wireless charger. If you listen to headphones at max volume and are jumping up and down at a concert venue, they’re probably not gonna recommend you earplugs.

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      I’d guess that rotation is probably to rotate the video player when you rotate your phone.

      Accelerometer is likely for the feature where you can shake the phone to report a bug.

      Headphone status may be to pause videos when you unplug your headphones? Unsure.

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        if i understand correctly this isn’t just grabbing info for functionality but rather is info being permanently collected and stored, so this shouldnt be it otherwsie there would be no need to keep it