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Vivaldi browser introduces ad and tracker blocker on desktop and mobile

Vivaldi browser, the brainchild of Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner, has offered ad and tracker blockers in each and every cellular and desktop permutations. In conjunction with this, the company moreover introduced the principle sturdy style on Android — seven months after launching the beta. The tracking blocker is powered thru DuckDuckGo’s Tracker Radar, a tool introduced during the privacy-focused search …
Vivaldi browser, the brainchild of Opera co-founder Jon von Tetzchner, has introduced ad and tracker blockers in both mobile and desktop versions. Along with this, the company also released the first stable version on Android — seven months after launching the beta. The tracking blocker is powered by DuckDuckGo’s Tracker Radar, a tool released by the privacy-focused search …

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