


The need for App Tracking Protection quickly becomes apparent when considering the sheer volume of tracking users are subjected to: That is, App Tracking Protection does not route your app data through external companies (including ours). This allows App Tracking Protection to block tracking attempts, even giving users a report of how many times an app has tried tracking them.ĭDG is quick to point out, however, that no data is sent to the company:Īpp Tracking Protection uses a local “VPN connection,” which means that it works its magic right on your smartphone and without sending app data to DuckDuckGo or other remote servers. Rather than creating a network connection, like a typical VPN, the feature acts as a VPN only in the sense that it forces all apps to route their network requests through it. DuckDuckGo (DDG) has opened its App Tracking Protection beta to all Android users, providing some of the most capable privacy protection.Īpp Tracking Protection acts as a local VPN on an Android device.
