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by mccorrinall 1399 days ago
Take a look at this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trac...
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beart 1399 days ago
Some comments suggest this application only works while it is open, and will not passively notify you of trackers in the background. I don't know if that's true, or if it's just due to some phone OS killing the background process to prop up battery metrics.
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charcircuit 1399 days ago
>to prop up battery metrics

The primary reason is to increase user privacy from apps constantly logging everything they see while in the background.

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