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Add DuckDuckGo tracker blocklist integration
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ongoing, hidden data collection in mobile apps about user behaviour ('tracking').
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To detect tracking, TrackerControl combines the power of the *Disconnect blocklist*,
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used by Firefox, and of our in-house blocklist, created *from analysing ~2&nbsp;000&nbsp;000 apps*! **To protect your privacy from your ISP, you can also optionally encrypt your DNS traffic using DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH).**
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used by Firefox, the *DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar* for mobile apps, and of our in-house blocklist, created *from analysing ~2&nbsp;000&nbsp;000 apps*! **To protect your privacy from your ISP, you can also optionally encrypt your DNS traffic using DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH).**
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Additionally, TrackerControl supports custom blocklists and uses the signatures from [ClassyShark3xodus](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.oF2pks.classyshark3xodus/)/[Exodus Privacy](https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/) for the analysis of tracker libraries within app code.
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*Disconnect Tracker List:* TrackerControl integrates the [Disconnect list](https://github.com/mozilla-services/shavar-prod-lists) of known tracker domains,
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that is distributed with the Firefox browser.
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*DuckDuckGo Tracker Blocklist:* TrackerControl includes the [DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar](https://github.com/duckduckgo/tracker-blocklists) tracker blocklist, specifically designed for mobile apps. This list provides information about known tracking domains and their owners.
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*Steven Black's Blocklist*: A state-of-the-art blocklist. This is used as fallback, if no company information is known from the other tracker lists. More [here](https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts).
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*Icons:* The app uses icons made by [bqlqn](https://www.flaticon.com/authors/bqlqn) from [www.flaticon.com](https://www.flaticon.com/), and a [rocket icon](https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/1608817/rocket_icon) by Dave Gandy under the SIL Open Font License.

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