Rick Воля 🔱

I've been testing DuckDuckGo's App Tracking Protection (beta) for the past 24 hours.
Here's a small comparison between #Twitter #Mastodon and #Bluesky (with about equal usage/screen time).
Bluesky is by far the worst with almost 2200 tracking attempts.

Edit: I'd just like to make clear that this beta can be used by anyone with the regular DuckDuckGo browser app (on Android, don't know about iOS).

Aug 3, 2023 at 4:20pmWeb
Show threadRick Воля 🔱Aug 3, 2023
Twitter gets to second place with 355 tracking attempts, which I expected to be higher.
And Mastodon - using the Tusky app for Android - is the absolute winner with 0 tracking attempts, which I can't show because there was nothing to track.
Show threadRick Воля 🔱Aug 4, 2023
"Fun" fact: by the end of the day Bluesky had over 5000 tracking attempts.
Show threadVera Aug 4, 2023
@Rii_cck
Oh whow dat is serieus.
Show threadJacobRPG 🫘Aug 3, 2023
@Rii_cck X probably would have been higher before losing so many advertisers. Lol. Great comparisons though. Further evidence that the fediverse is the way to go.
Show threadLarry RubinowAug 5, 2023
@Rii_cck Rick, do you have lists of the the URLs the trackers were pinging? It would be interesting to know. I understand there are some website analytics tools that get incorporated into source, and could resemble ad trackers.
Show threadKimiAug 3, 2023
@Rii_cck Whoa... Imagine Threads, then... 😬
Show threadнездалисько  Aug 4, 2023

@Rii_cck

I wondered what the situation was with Mastodon. Probably zero trackers?)

Show threadGarrett LatimerAug 5, 2023
@Rii_cck Jackboot Jack is not your friend, he’s just better at keeping his mask on than Space Karen.
Show threadErwin Rossen 🔸Aug 5, 2023
@Rii_cck Thanks for the edit, I have enabled it too now. Curious to see how many trackers would have come through.