Opinion Three Reasons Why the "Nothing to Hide" Argument is Flawed As Internet privacy has become more mainstream, this argument is rightfully fading away. However, it’s still floating around and so we wanted to take a moment to explain three key reasons why it's flawed.
DuckDuckGo News 2018 DuckDuckGo Privacy Donations: $500,000 + $142,000 From You! We're excited to share the results of the DuckDuckGo Privacy Challenge Crowdfunding Campaign!
Privacy Research A Majority of Americans Don't Know That Facebook Owns Instagram In a survey of random U.S. adults, we found approximately half of Americans do not know that Facebook owns Instragram or Google owns YouTube.
Privacy Research What U.S. Adults Think About Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Survey results from 1,153 U.S. adults on awareness of the Cambridge Analytica incident, what people think about it, and what they think should be done about it.
DuckDuckGo News Default Private Search in Private Browsing Mode DuckDuckGo and Vivaldi Partner on Private Browsing Mode. As regular readers of this blog will know, but sadly most people still do not, Private Browsing modes generally don’t prevent online tracking of
DuckDuckGo News Join the $500,000 DuckDuckGo Privacy Challenge Crowdfunding Campaign We're donating half a million dollars to non-profits that share in DuckDuckGo's vision of raising the standard of trust online, and we need your help!
Privacy Research What Do Security Certificates Actually Do? Together with encryption, security certificates are essential to securely send data over the internet. Here's how they work.
Privacy Research What Does a Secure Web Connection Actually Do? Many websites use "https://" at the beginning of their address rather than "http://". But what protection does that give you? How much of your surfing data is secure?
Opinion Data Privacy Day 2018: Live Free of Facebook and Google Tracking If you're going to make real progress in your data privacy this year, you must do something about your Google and Facebook use. Here's why and how.
DuckDuckGo News Protecting Your Personal Data Has Never Been This Easy We're excited to launch a new browser extension and mobile app, extending DuckDuckGo's protection beyond the search box to wherever the Internet takes you.
DuckDuckGo News Making Private Browsing Mode More Private We've worked with Brave to offer the ability to easily enable private search within their private tabs.
DuckDuckGo News DuckDuckGo Grew 55% in 2017, Crossing 20 Million Private Searches a Day As we start 2018, we're proud to look back on a banner year for DuckDuckGo with private searches up 55%.
Privacy Research Privacy is Mainstream: 24% of Us Now Take Significant Actions to Protect Our Privacy 24% of the population currently cares deeply enough about their online privacy to take significant actions to try to protect it.
Crash Course How to Check Whether Your Web Connection's Secure Without a secure web connection, eavesdroppers can see what you're browsing. We show you how to make sure you're protected.
Crash Course How to Be Even More Anonymous Online To protect your privacy online, we explain how Tor offers better anonymity than a VPN.
Crash Course How to Set Up Your Devices for Privacy Protection The more we rely on our computers and phones, the more personal data passes through them. Here's how to find information to protect privacy on your devices.
Crash Course How to Choose a Good VPN A Virtual Private Network (VPN) gives you some anonymity when browsing. Read these tips for choosing a provider.
Crash Course How to Live Without Google Google tracking is more pervasive than most people realize. We show you some alternatives to Google services to limit your exposure.
Crash Course How to Send Messages in Private There are times when we all want to chat in private. Here's how current technology can help you do just that.
Crash Course Privacy Mythbusting #6: Security equals privacy. (Nope!) When we talk about online privacy, we often hear responses like: “I’m protected by my antivirus software, spam filter, etc.” While security software is important in staying safe online, it is a
Crash Course Privacy Mythbusting #5: I own my personal information. (Not as much as you think.) When you sign up for a website, you’re often presented with a “Terms of Service” that outlines how your data is collected and used. But, did you know that all that information
Crash Course Privacy Mythbusting #4: I can’t be identified just by browsing a website. (If only!) When we first released our study on private browsing modes, a lot of people were shocked to see that websites could still track them even when they blocked cookies and used private browsing
Crash Course Privacy Mythbusting #3: Anonymized data is safe, right? (Er, no.) Companies often tell you that sharing your data is safe because they “anonymize” it by first removing or obfuscating your personal information. However, this depersonalization leads to only partial anonymity, as companies still
Crash Course Privacy Mythbusting #2: My password keeps me safe. (Not necessarily!) If you’ve ever used the same password on more than one website, then your accounts may be compromised due to data leaks. Once a hacker gets your login information from a single
Crash Course Privacy Mythbusting #1: Nobody else cares about privacy! (Umm, yes they do.) When was the last time you spoke with your friends or family about internet privacy? Sadly, for most people, the answer is never. In general, people believe that only a small percentage of
