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PinkMoon · 26-30, F
Use Brave and or DuckDuckGo, they're browsers with built in adblockers. I use the Brave app to watch ad free youtube for free.
PHlover19701 · 56-60, M
@PinkMoon @tobynshorty Agreed...DuckDuckGo is really good. Especially the alias creation & forwarding to your real email.
PinkMoon · 26-30, F
@PHlover19701 I have the email protection on. My favourite duckduckgo feature is the app tracking blocker which keeps apps from tracking and selling your information.
PHlover19701 · 56-60, M
@PinkMoon Same. I use it on my PC and my phone. I was not aware of the App tracking feature on my phone when i installed....but got a pleasant suprise later when it showed one app....which seemed harmless...App used to find hiking trails. DDG blocked thousands of tracking attempts from that one App...that App was quickly uninstalled 😀
PinkMoon · 26-30, F
@PHlover19701 I know this is weird but I'm so happy to finally meet someone who appreciates DDG as much as I do😂🙈. Usually people are indifferent to having every app on their phone sell their information to companies all across the globe.
PHlover19701 · 56-60, M
@PinkMoon I know, right. I get so many spam messages (email & text) because someone installed an App that had permissions to go into their contact list...granted, some app need that access to do what they need to do...but a LOT dont need that kind of access. I use another called Should I Answer. It does a good job blocking phone calls...I have it set to only allow those in my contact list to get thtough. Sometimes it misses, but Id say it catches better than 90%.