[Software ]DuckDuckGo now wants to help protect your Android phone

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 Whether you know it or not the apps on your Android smartphone are tracking your activity and sending data about you to third parties which is why DuckDuckGo is launching its new App Tracking Protection feature. Advertisement The trackers currently used in many po[CENSORED]r apps are designed in such a way that they can record your activity such as where you are, what you're doing, where you've been and even how many hours you sleep at night in real time without your knowledge. Advertisement In fact, 96 percent of the po[CENSORED]r free Android apps tested by DuckDuckGo using rankings from AndroidRank.org contained hidden third-party trackers. Of these apps, 87 percent sent data to Google and 68 percent sent data to Facebook with a report from AppCensus finding similar results. 

 

 

Sponsored Links From Colombia and Want A US Tech Job? See Options (No Degree Necessary) No Degree Tech Jobs | Search Ads While Apple recently released its App Tracking Transparency feature to protect iPhone and iPad users from unwanted tracking by the apps on their devices, no similar feature exists for Android which is why DuckDuckGo has launched its App Tracking Protection feature in beta in its existing app. Related Videos DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection DuckDuckGo's App Tracking Protection for Android is free and blocks trackers it identifies in other apps from third-party companies and is now built right into the DuckDuckGo Android app. 

 

 

Once the feature is enabled, the app will detect when your other Android apps are about to send data to third-party tracking companies found in its app tracker dataset and block those requests. End users can continue using their apps as they normally