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Sync is crazy!

3 years ago by RandomGuy613 to c/syncforlemmy

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mp3 17 points 3 years ago

You know where those trackers mostly come from? From the linked websites you visited in the posts.

If you change the Settings shortcut: Link handling > Default browser to "open externally" that should give you a more accurate picture of the trackers included in Sync. By default it will load the websites inside the app, which will give an inaccurate picture of the tracking taking place.

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Grass 3 points 3 years ago

I didn't know you could embed settings shortcuts. That's pretty cool.

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Mang 2 points 3 years ago

Hey thanks for this! I dodn't know it included linked websites that makes much more sense

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d3Xt3r 11 points 3 years ago

Counterpoint:

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gravistar 1 point 3 years ago

If I may inquire, what app is that?

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d3Xt3r 2 points 3 years ago

Ad Guard

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Mang 0 points 3 years ago

Well what can I say ... Are those tracking requests or?

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d3Xt3r 5 points 3 years ago

Paid user here, the requests in my screenshot are normal web requests. Zero ad or tracking requests.

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duckington 3 points 3 years ago

Maybe this user paid for removing ads, and the tracking requests you’re seeing are ad tracker requests

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Mang -2 points 3 years ago

No, I haven't paid for anything, I just found it interesting that Sync has much more trackers than other apps, also for much more companies!

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southsamurai 5 points 3 years ago

Jfc, go scroll through this c/ and look for the other posts about this.

This is a known effect of the ad server. It is not from the app otherwise.

Those trackers are Google based.

every app that has ads is exactly the same as this

The few that may be from other sources will be from the browser, based on the sites visited. Again, this is the same for any app that connects to websites in the same way.

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Madbrad200 3 points 3 years ago

Just block ads with a DNS blocker, eg NextDNS

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Mang -2 points 3 years ago

I actually don't see any ads on sync this is about trackers

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Madbrad200 3 points 3 years ago

NextDNS blocks trackers too

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Mang 1 point 3 years ago

Ohh okay I'll check it out, thank you!

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Metal_Zealot 2 points 3 years ago

How can people here say they're so concerned with privacy, but not understand how it can fundamentally work..?

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LeateWonceslace 1 point 3 years ago

Desire alone cannot cure ignorance; information is required for that, and not everyone has the know-how to find it.

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imaqtpie 1 point 3 years ago

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