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Commit 7da1794e authored by Pranav's avatar Pranav
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Merge branch 'tracker-blocker-side-effect-update' into 'master'

Explained why system apps load trackers

See merge request e/documentation/user!708
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### Side effects

Some trackers URL could be mandatory to use services. In order to solve potential issues, we provide the ability to whitelist any tracker individually for any application.

There are more and more innovations around the DNS technology, like DoH (DNS Over HTTPS) or DoT (DNS Over TLS) which can bypass the low level DNS service of the system, and then be ignored by the trackers manager.
1. Some trackers URL could be mandatory to use services. In order to solve potential issues, we provide the ability to whitelist any tracker individually for any application.
2. There are more and more innovations around the DNS technology, like DoH (DNS Over HTTPS) or DoT (DNS Over TLS) which can bypass the low level DNS service of the system, and then be ignored by the trackers manager.
3. The Tracker Blocker may indicate trackers being blocked in a system app. It's not that a system app was trying to track you, but it's not a false positive either. It may happen when apps use [Mapbox](https://www.mapbox.com/) to display maps and Mapbox itself loads a tracker. If any app (including system apps) load trackers, the Tracker Blocker will block it. In any case, we do not intend to use services that attempt to track you, and we're currently looking for a better alternative to Mapbox.

## *Hide My IP*