Peter Dolanjski

@DuckDuckGo Director, Product

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

It was great chatting with @thomasgermain about the techniques and rise in TikTok tracking.

[Thomas Germain @thomasgermain]

NEW: No TikTok account? They're tracking you anyway

TikTok harvests sensitive and embarrassing information about you even if you don't use the app. Last week, I watched websites send TikTok data on cancer diagnoses, fertility treatment, mental health crises and more

Here's what you can do about it:
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[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

🙌 There are nearly 600 custom Dax logos to unlock (and growing), depending on what you search for.

Have you found a favorite?

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

Great to see the California Opt Me Out Act (AB566) signed into law, ensuring browsers offer users an easy way to tell websites not to sell or share their personal info.

FYI: Our browser and extension have been sending this signal by default since 2021.
https://t.co/A87ZDSJrGK

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

Scammers, beware! Our browser's upgraded Scam Blocker tool now covers more types of online scams. We'll help you avoid fake storefronts, cryptocurrency exchanges, scareware, and more — on top of our phishing and malware protection. Built by us for your security and privacy.

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

Translation: Meta has been secretly tracking millions of Android users’ browsing activity in Chrome and other browsers.

If you use Chrome on Android with any Meta apps installed, you may have been affected.

DuckDuckGo blocks this tracking by default. (1/5)

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

This highlights the lengths that data-hungry companies will go to in order to harvest user data, which is why it is important to use a browser that actively blocks these types of threats.

Here's a handy browser comparison: https://t.co/hClTKGIoGy

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

Facebook/Instagram apps would silently listen on those ports, copy identifiers in real time, and link them to the user logged into the app, thereby allowing them to spy on your browsing habits, unchecked.

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

Meta was basically misusing protocols by having it's tracking scripts (embedded on a huge percentage of websites) blast out information about Chrome/other affected browser users' browsing history, along with unique identifiers to local ports on Android.

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

Meta was just caught red-handed using a new tracking technique on Android to covertly spy on people's browsing history, even when in Incognito mode.

DuckDuckGo browser users were not affected, since we block Facebook/Meta trackers to start with.

https://t.co/uEbG8YHMzE

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

📣 We're excited to introduce...

DuckDuckGo Privacy Pro: three new protections bundled into one easy subscription. Subscribers get:

✅ An Anonymous VPN
✅ Personal Information Removal
✅ Identity Theft Restoration

Learn more 👇 https://t.co/zGsbS6s3QB

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

@BuggeErik Yes. The cookie pop-up management functionality chooses the decline/essential cookie option, independent of a website's partners. See https://t.co/DF20EfBnAl

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

People hate cookie pop-ups. In DuckDuckGo's browsers we automatically select the most private option for you and close them out. More privacy. Less annoyance.
https://t.co/0fpxphGONR

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

🚨 Upgrade alert: Private sync is now live in the DuckDuckGo browser 🚨

✔️ Sync bookmarks, passwords and more across devices
✔️ Sync data is end-to-end encrypted
✔️ No account or sign in required
✔️ DuckDuckGo can never access sync data

Learn more 👇

https://t.co/dH7QUeUK56

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

Google finally had to admit it tracks users in Chrome's Incognito mode. If you want actual privacy protection while you search and browse, use the DuckDuckGo Browser instead.

https://t.co/9G4zgZKX1C

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

NEWS: App Tracking Protection is now out of beta. 🚀

It's a free feature in the DuckDuckGo Android browser that helps block 3rd-party trackers in the apps on your phone (like Google snooping in your weather app).

Get more privacy, less creepy targeting: https://t.co/wh1W5VhOt8

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

🆕 We've recently made exciting updates to our browser, private search and more. 🦆 Find out what's new in DuckDuckGo, updated quarterly! https://t.co/Mb2HqqlVmj

[Kamyl Bazbaz @KamylBazbaz]

The majority of Google search users don't actually actively pick Google. That choice is made for them by the default setting. Google is extremely skilled at making choice simple. This isn’t it. 🧵

https://t.co/6hdyFslHsK

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

@leggett It's something we're actively looking at. We have nothing specific to share currently, but extensions are a common feature request.

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

@bedistributed As an FYI, at DuckDuckGo we list the compensation right in the job posting. It's $170,000 USD for this role.

[Peter Dolanjski @pdolanjski]

@ErosSinema @DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo employee here. Do you mind sending me a DM? I'd like to ask a few follow-up questions to get to the bottom of why some browsers aren't showing up in the import.

HTML bookmark import is coming soon.