Many of those apps you use can track your browser behavior, whether they are running or not.

This comes from the office of what you don’t know could harm you. In other words, DuckDuckGo is tracking the apps that are tracking you to make sure they can’t. With a bold new App Tracking Protection feature, the DuckDuckGo browser might not protect you from absolutely every app tracking you, it will protect you from those the company is aware of. That step is the preventing of other Android apps from tracking every move you make. Recently the privacy-centric browser took yet another step forward, one that had me immediately set it as my default Android browser. And although I wouldn’t hesitate to suggest Firefox as the default browser for the Linux operating system, on Android … I’ve become a bit less likely to. Hiring kit: Android developer (TechRepublic Premium)īut on Android, security risks are far more rampant than they are on Linux. SEE: Mobile Device Security Policy (TechRepublic Premium) Mobility must-readsīest unified communications platform providers I use Firefox as my default browser on Linux and have no problems with it whatsoever. Recently, I made the call for dumping Chrome as the default browser. In the never-ending battle for privacy on mobile phones, I seem to be forever searching for the right combination of apps and services to lift Android to a more secure place. Find out why Jack Wallen believes this is the browser you need to use. Third-party app trackers have become a real problem on Android, and DuckDuckGo is doing something about it. If you’re serious about privacy, it’s time to use DuckDuckGo as your default Android browser

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