The tracking blocker is powered by DuckDuckGo’s Tracker Radar, a tool released by the privacy-focused search engine last month to keep trackers at bay. Both ad and tracker blockers are turned off by default. So you’ll need to change setting for the first time. [Read: How to record a Skype call on your phone] You can choose the level of tracking, and add websites in an exception list to exclude them from tracking. A similar option for customization is available on the mobile version as well. In a statement, von Tetzchner said these new privacy controls let people browse the internet freely: He told TNW that ad and tracker blockers were one of the top requests amongst users of the browser’s beta version on mobile. With this release, Vivaldi becomes one of the few browsers including Brave and Opera to include ad-blockers across the versions. You can read all about what’s new with Vivaldi’s desktop and mobile versions here.
