to make it here without dying is the epitome of white privilege

Things that "are not America" sure happen a lot in America

When (if) this pandemic is over I want to go to a conference with all the Android friends I haven't seen in a while and... just hang out, eat nice food and share fun stories from this period time.

Global Privacy Control (GPC), the setting exercising your legal right to opt-out of the sale & sharing of personal data, is now enabled by default in the DuckDuckGo app & extension. It's also respected by The New York Times – The Washington Post & Automattic to follow. spreadprivacy.com/global-privacy…

Calling all C# developers: We're building a new way to use DuckDuckGo on Windows and we need your help. Learn more about this position, or check out all our other open roles: duckduckgo.com/hiring

It's Gabriel Batistuta's birthday today. So to celebrate, here's a thread of some of Batigol's greatest goals! 🇦🇷

After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it. Spying on users has nothing to do with building a great web browser or search engine. We would know (our app is both in one).

Facebook's data leak exposed "names, birthdays, gender, location & more, with each dataset made freely available online." Check if your data was leaked: haveibeenpwned.com If so, beware of potential phishing scams & fraudulent calls. zdnet.com/article/facebo…

So now that npm is safely in the arms of Microsoft and the investors all got their money I can tell you about the time I completely lost faith in the banking system by borrowing $300,000 for 10 minutes.

Congrats @[email protected], back to the Premier League where you belong. C'mon the boys! Now, about all those Spanish managers...

"Signal doesn’t have access to messages; chat lists; groups; contacts; stickers; profile names/avatars; or even GIFs." That’s why we suggest Signal for messaging. With end-to-end encryption by default, they simply don't have your data (like us): signal.org/bigbrother/cen…

I just installed Android 12 and saw the new mandatory Splash Screen for all apps... it's yeah... something else... I hope it ends up being opt-in.

📣 Ya está disponible en tu plataforma de podcast favorita el último episodio de #ChimichurriCode. Hoy charlamos con los #AndroidDev de DuckDuckGo 🦆 y nos hablan de privacidad 🤫, de gestión de proyectos 📒, de webviews 🌎 y de muchísimo más. 📻 open.spotify.com/episode/2rLPgJ…

Thanks to you, over the last 12 months we’ve been DuckDuckGrowing like crazy! • More than 50M app downloads • 55% increase in search traffic • Became the #2 search engine on mobile in the U.S., Canada, Australia, the Netherlands & more spreadprivacy.com/duckduckgrowing

This is what we've been working on this for the past months and it's really exciting to see it live. Join the waitlist! spreadprivacy.com/introducing-ap…

Amazon's documentary crew seeing Arsenal bottle a Top 4 spot

Did you know that more than 90% of websites and apps are tracking you? David González's session "A comprehensive guide to tracker protection on Android" will focus on what APIs and workarounds can be done on Android to stop those trackers. Check it out! oredev.org/line-up/david-…

Thanks for coming to the session! Slides are available at speakerdeck.com/malmstein/a-co…. Reach out if you have any comments or questions, and thanks Øredev for being so accommodating. Looking forward to being in person next year!

The wait is over! 🏃🏻 Block creepy trackers in your Android apps with our App Tracking Protection. As of today, it's available for all Android users in open beta. spreadprivacy.com/app-tracking-p…

DuckDuckGo is looking for early beta testers for our new Windows browser app. DM me if you'd be willing to test and contribute to shaping the direction of the product.