In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”
In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”
Almost certainly this is for fraud detection purposes. It’s the same reason it’s used at tiktok. Scammers try to spin up fake devices to spam content but very often don’t have the correct screen density for their faked device in the early stages of a platform.