STOPPING TRACKERS IN THEIR TRACKS
You may think your phone is protecting you from trackers. But is it? Even iPhone users who disable usage sharing aren’t immune. Data is collected from every app except “Health” and “Wallet,” according to the security firm Mysk. Android users fare no better. The average user is tracked 1500 times a day by 150 apps. A free app from DuckDuckGo offers “app tracking protection.” But it’s far from perfect. Even after you switch it on in settings, you’ll see a list of apps that DuckDuckGo won’t touch. I saw 13 of them, including Google Chrome and YouTube. When I tried turning their trackers off, I got a warning. Besides app protection, the DuckDuckGo app offers an “@duck.com” email address, which […]
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