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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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[–] scottywh 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just the tip of the iceberg. I can't relate to anything in that comment.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well the majority was clearly him being facetious

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hey now, Grimace can't feel sexy?! Let the purple monster be!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If your using facetious does it track you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My phones Swype function feels horrible.

[–] pannacotta__ 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A guy on twitter who's kinda funny.

[–] smackson 1 points 1 year ago

I googled him/her/it just in case it was a leggy, smoking hot "influencer".

Yeah no. Maybe a kind of influencer?