DuckDuckGo's new iPhone feature is a privacy win - I recommend getting it now
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ZDNET's key takeaways
- DuckDuckGo for iOS has a new privacy feature.
- Copy Clean Link prevents tracking information from being copied.
- You can share links knowing they are clean.
A new feature from DuckDuckGo's iOS app automatically strips away unnecessary tracking identifiers and other parameters that could lead to fingerprinting and other unwanted issues, according to a report from Digital Trends, Tuesday.
For reference, what DuckDuckGo on iOS does is get rid of everything in a link that follows the question mark (including the question mark itself).
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Here's an example:
When you copy a link, say from Facebook, you might think you're just copying www.example.com/article-title.html, but what you're really copying is everything you see above, and that includes the tracking identifiers. If you...
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