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minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoLots of these trackers and advertisers will happily serve you literal malware. It’s not safe to browse unprotected.
minus-squareDrDystopia@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-214 hours ago24k sweet baby Jesus they want yer precious bodily fluids m8.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·18 hours agoWhy the fuck does BBC sounds have so much tracking???
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·17 hours agoProbably to collect all that it can to sell the data. Or they fucked up the feature and it triggers a connection attempt each second or sth.
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours agoI mean, even for your average commercial app, that’s an absolutely insane rate. I’m betting it keeps retrying whenever it fails or something
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·16 hours agoYeah, honestly that almost looks like straight-up incompetence, like a ton of polling going on.
minus-squarePaleRider@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agoYeah, I wondered that but I’m no tech expert.
minus-squaredaslfc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours agoLooks like the duckduck go app for android
minus-squareLag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoThank you. I knew they had a browser but I didn’t know it could also block tracking from other apps. Definitely useful.
It’s a fucking war zone…
Lots of these trackers and advertisers will happily serve you literal malware. It’s not safe to browse unprotected.
24k sweet baby Jesus they want yer precious bodily fluids m8.
Why the fuck does BBC sounds have so much tracking???
Probably to collect all that it can to sell the data. Or they fucked up the feature and it triggers a connection attempt each second or sth.
I mean, even for your average commercial app, that’s an absolutely insane rate. I’m betting it keeps retrying whenever it fails or something
Yeah, honestly that almost looks like straight-up incompetence, like a ton of polling going on.
Yeah, I wondered that but I’m no tech expert.
What do you use to block attempts?
Looks like the duckduck go app for android
Thank you. I knew they had a browser but I didn’t know it could also block tracking from other apps. Definitely useful.