TrackerControl

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We talk a lot and often about Cookies, but also of tracers. This is because, as we often say, we are against not so much advertising itself or profit. But we are strongly against to the way it is obtained. Often by deception. Because i tracers, and of Cookies, are a deceptive method to scam the user.
Let's take an example: you know the phrase "we use i Cookies to improve the quality of navigation“? Here you are. It's a joke, above all when it comes to Cookies of third parties. It is done for profit, if targeted advertising didn't exist, most of them would disappear Cookies: Most sites don't care about browsing quality (also because often unnavigable without AdBlock), let's not beat around the bush.

With TrackerControlinstead, we will talk about tracers. THE tracers, as we have seen in the past thanks to DuckDuckGo Radar, they are a method for track a person's browsing. There are different types, the most annoying ones they come from social networks who, after having enjoyed littering the web with their rubbish, have now also filled mobile applications.

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We have in fact already discovered thanks to ClassyShark3xodus how much is it It's easy to find out what an installed application really contains. And, more often than not, we find ourselves in a lot of tracers. The most present ones, in general, are those of Facebook and Google. But what can we do the moment we discover that an application contains 'x' tracers? The best thing would be don't use that application even just out of a spirit of rebellion and find an alternative Open source And free. You can also report your choice to the developer, who knows, maybe if many people do it they will change their mind.

But what if this app is essential for us? For web browsing, for example, we can use Brave or Firefox That they have the block of tracers active by default. For apps, however, we can give a chance to TrackerControl. In fact, it will allow us to block all tracers of an application and will try to make it work without it.

We'll tell you right away: even if it seems absurd, many applications totally depend on them tracers, as we have Already seen. Many applications stop working properly if they are disabled tracers essential.

However, the application has been significantly improved over time. Today it tells us very easily which addresses any app is trying to contact. Very convenient for finding out whether some application contacts third-party servers or not. You can also disable internet access to all the applications you want, this is also a way to obtain greater privacy and security.

You can then delete the tracers based on their categorization. For example, for an app you can decide to leave only the tracers essential and deactivate those of Fingerprinting, advertising and social media.

In our opinion it has become a truly essential application, perhaps even more so than many other similar ones. Always remember that it will activate a VPN on your mobile phone so you will not be able to run other applications that use it at the same time trick.

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Choose the application present on F-Droid because the one on the Play Store, due to Google's rules, will not block anything but will only report the tracers present. However, we leave you the link below in case you are interested in seeing it.

Alternatives to TrackerControl

• Blokada, very similar but more complex and complete. It also allows you to easily change the DNS to use.
• Netguard, this application is more about security than about tracers. It allows you to easily deactivate the internet connection to all applications and also allows you to manage your network traffic almost as if you had a real firewall installed.

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