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Adblock Browser for Android has 4 trackers built in (exodus-privacy.eu.org)
4 points by niutech on July 16, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


They claim: "Adblock Browser lets you browse the web anonymously and stop companies from tracking your online activity." - so what are these 4 trackers doing in the APK: Adjust, Google Ads, Google DoubleClick, Google Firebase Analytics?

Compare this to Ghostery: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/5880/ - 0 trackers, only 6 permissions.

DuckDuckGo: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/12211/ - 0 trackers, only 3 permissions.


Compared to just normal ass chrome - https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/2367/ - 0 trackers but yeah, permissions, lots of em.


Still less than Adblock Browser (31 vs 32 permissions)




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