DuckDuckGo's new iPhone feature is a privacy win - I recommend getting it now

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DuckDuckGo for iOS has a new privacy feature.

Copy Clean Link prevents tracking information from being copied.

You can share links knowing they are clean.

A new feature from DuckDuckGo's iOS app automatically strips away unnecessary tracking identifiers and other parameters that could lead to fingerprinting and other unwanted issues, according to a report from Digital Trends, Tuesday.

For reference, what DuckDuckGo on iOS does is get rid of everything in a link that follows the question mark (including the question mark itself).

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Here's an example:

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