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The Zuck suck is in full swing. (social.fossware.space)

submitted 1 year ago by JoJo@social.fossware.space to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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."

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[-] morriscox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Did you make sure to remove the EXIF metadata? It would be ironic if it has the image location coordinates in it.

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They can get your location to various degrees of precision just from your IP address.

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