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Disconnect is a partly open source browser extension and mobile app designed to stop non-consensual third party trackers, and providing private web search and private web browsing. On mobile, it is available for Android and iPhone. It was developed by Brian Kennish and Casey Oppenheim. Disconnect-Search had once been the default search engine of the security-focused Tor Browser, which now uses DuckDuckGo.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation compared the app to its own Privacy Badger browser plugin.

The app was banned from the Google Play Store five days after its release in late August 2014. Google cited a violation of its Terms of Service which prohibit developers from using its store "to distribute apps that interfere with or disrupt the services of any third party". This, however, attracted criticism from parties such as EFF (and Disconnect itself) which saw this app as privacy-friendly, and argue that Google's motivations are primarily based on the fact that this app interferes with ad-based revenue models of numerous companies, including Google itself. The app was restored to the Google Play Store two weeks after its initial banning, before being banned for a second time overnight.

In June 2015, Disconnect filed an antitrust complaint against Google.

See also

References

  1. Disconnect. "Online Privacy & Security".
  2. ^ "Blocking Consumer Choice: Google's Dangerous Ban of Privacy and Security App". Electronic Frontier Foundation. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  3. Disconnect. "Online Privacy & Security". Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  4. "#14490 (Make Disconnect Search the default search engine for Tor Browser alpha) – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki".
  5. "Why did my search engine switch to DuckDuckGo? - Tor Project".
  6. Google Bans Disconnect.me App From Play Store Based On Vague Guidelines
  7. "Google Banishes Disconnect Mobile App For Interfering with Its Lucrative Business : News : Headlines & Global News". hngn.com. September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  8. "Why Google Banned Connect Mobile - Business Insider". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  9. Albergotti, Reed; Barr, Alistair; Dwoskin, Elizabeth (28 August 2014). "Why Some Privacy Apps Get Blocked From the Android Play Store - Digits - WSJ". Wall Street Journal. blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  10. "Disconnect Mobile Returns To The Play Store Two Weeks After Google Ban". 2014-09-08.
  11. "Disconnect Mobile yanked again from Google Play". 2014-09-09.
  12. "Disconnect.Me Files Antitrust Case Against Google In Europe Over Banned Anti-Malware Android App". 2015-06-02.

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