DuckDuckGo is positioning App Tracking Protection as something like Apple’s App Tracking Transparency for iOS devices, but “even more powerful.” Enabling the service in the DuckDuckGo app for Android (under the “More from DuckDuckGo” section) installs a local VPN service on your phone, which can then start automatically blocking trackers on DDG’s public blocklist. DuckDuckGo says this happens “without sending app data to DuckDuckGo or other remote servers.”

Purdy, K. (2022, November 16). DuckDuckGo’s anti-tracking Android tool could be “even more powerful” than iOS. Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/11/duckduckgos-android-anti-tracking-tool-offers-stronger-third-party-protections/