Remind VS DuckDuckGo Privacy App & Extension

Use remind.com and connect through your school. It should automatically connect your admin, but if it doesn't, add them. Still have the convenience of texting and sending announcements, but no personal numbers are exchanged, it's school-affiliated and your admin is connected. CYA. Source: 10 months ago

We usually recommend that teachers use remind.com instead, if available. Source: about 1 year ago

It sounds like remind.com and omella.com have made some routine tasks at bit easier. Are there others that you'd pay to automate? Source: over 1 year ago

Our district has a Remind account. A principal I was in a meeting with today was talking about PeachJar. Source: over 1 year ago

For example, a male student of mine a couple years ago texted me (through remind.com - an archived and vetted messaging program used by schools) that his mom was in the hospital about 30 miles away (this was true). She had to stay an extra two or three days and he needed to go back and forth. He also had to get to his work. He needed gas money. So, I met him at a gas station and he filled his tank and I paid... Source: about 2 years ago

I'm assuming they're talking about https://duckduckgo.com/app, which DDG does call the DDG Browser themselves, since that was involved in a 'scandal' re. trackers. Source: 5 months ago

I’d also recommend considering choosing a good internet browser, as you stated “ I just dont feel comfortable if companies and people can see everything ive ever searched up”. A browser that either blocks ads and trackers or at least doesn’t contain its own trackers, is a great start. I would recommend using either Firefox, Brave, or DuckDuckGo. You also should use some sort of additional tracker blocker, such as... Source: 11 months ago

Since DuckDuckGo has grown from a privacy-focused search engine to the all-in-one privacy solution that we offer today, we needed to expand our Privacy Policy to cover our new browsers and features like Email Protection, App Tracking Protection, and more. Check it out here. Privacy and transparency are foundational to our business and community so even though this expanded Privacy Policy doesn’t reduce any privacy... Source: about 1 year ago

Have a look at duckduckgo.com, it has a browser for iPhone and Android that is supposed to block all these trackers by design. I've not heard anything bad about it from anyone else yet and information can be found here: https://duckduckgo.com/app. Source: about 1 year ago

Duck Duck Go for android.. Has app tracking protection, and email protection that strips out the trackers when you open an email. The email works where you pick a duck.com email name, and it forwards to your real email, minus the trackers. Source: about 1 year ago