DuckDuckGo’s browsers and extensions now protect against AMP tracking
by Kim Lyons from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YC33)
DuckDuckGo says it's now preventing AMP tracking. | Image: DuckDuckGo Privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo says it will protect" against tracking by web pages with Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages framework (or AMP) enabled. When you load or share a Google AMP page anywhere from DuckDuckGo apps (iOS/Android/Mac) or extensions (Firefox/Chrome), the original publisher's webpage will be used in place of the Google AMP version," the company said on Twitter. The technology allows Google to track users, DuckDuckGo notes, and forces publishers to use AMP by prioritizing those links in its search results.
AMP technology is bad for privacy because it enables Google to track users even more (which is already a ton).
And, Google uses AMP to further entrench its monopoly, forcing the technology on...