DuckDuckGo Blog

Your Connection is Secure with DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption

A detailed look at how DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption protects your privacy. Pinterest is now using the technology, and the code is now open source.

DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials for Safari: Tracker Blocking & Privacy Dashboard

We're delighted to announce that DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is now available for Safari users, helping even more people get the privacy they deserve.

Privacy Research

Search Preference Menu Immediately Increases Google Competitors’ Market Share by 300-800%

Could a search engine preference menu significantly increase competition in the search market? We conducted research to find out.

DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Search Improvements: Past Year Date Filter, Dark Theme Refinements, and More!

We're excited to share several improvements to DuckDuckGo Search that should make your searching not only more effective, but also a more pleasant experience.

DuckDuckGo News

Introducing the DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly Newsletter

We've just launched DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly, a curated newsletter to highlight important privacy developments & share reliable advice to protect yourself.

Privacy Research

New DuckDuckGo Research Shows People Taking Action on Privacy

The results of our latest research are clear: not only are privacy concerns widespread, but people are taking real actions to protect their privacy online.

DuckDuckGo News

2019 DuckDuckGo Privacy Donations: $600,000 for Privacy Advocacy

In our ninth year of charitable donations, we've chosen the theme of privacy advocacy for 2019. Our continued growth has enabled us to increase our donations to $600,000.

DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Expands Use of Apple Maps for Enhanced Search With the Same Commitment to Privacy

Earlier this year we announced that we're using Apple's MapKit JS framework to power our mapping features. Today, we're excited to show you some new improvements.

Privacy Research

Call for Change: People Want Stronger Privacy Laws

To gauge public sentiment towards privacy & the law, we conducted a survey of U.S. adults. The results clearly show strong support for legislative privacy protections.

Opinion

The Do-Not-Track Act of 2019

Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are using the "Do Not Track" browser setting and yet most all sites ignore it. We're proposing draft legislation that can serve as a starting point to fix this unfortunate reality.

Opinion

24 Tech Companies Back CCPA Amendment to Make It Stronger: Privacy for All Act of 2019

With 23 co-signers, we're sending a letter of support for the Privacy for All Act of 2019 to the Privacy Committee of the California Assembly, to strengthen CCPA.

DuckDuckGo News

Improved Weather Results on DuckDuckGo

We're pleased to announce we've given our weather results a revamp, making them more detailed and interactive, but still just as private!

Opinion

DuckDuckGo Testimony Before the United States Senate

Testimony of Gabriel Weinberg, CEO & Founder of DuckDuckGo, before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.

Privacy Research

The "Do Not Track" Setting Doesn't Stop You from Being Tracked

Most browsers have a "Do Not Track" setting which sends "a special signal to websites, analytics companies, ad networks, plug in providers, and other web services you encounter while browsing, to stop tracking your activity." Sounds good, right? Sadly, it’s not effective.

DuckDuckGo News

2018 in Review: A Breakout Year for DuckDuckGo and Internet Privacy

We’re honored to share that 2018 was DuckDuckGo’s best year yet 👏. From where we stand, it was a breakout year for online privacy, the likes of which we haven't seen since the surveillance revelations of 2013.

DuckDuckGo News

Ethical, by Design: How We Design With Your Privacy in Mind

At DuckDuckGo, ethical design is simply... "design." It's part of our mission to set a new standard of trust online, empowering people to take control of their info. All roles are focused on an ethical way forward and this is how we do it.

DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Taps Apple Maps to Power Private Search Results

We're excited to announce that map and address-related searches on DuckDuckGo for mobile and desktop are now powered by Apple's MapKit JS framework.

Privacy Research

Measuring the "Filter Bubble": How Google is influencing what you click

Does Google show you different search results based on your personal info, even when signed out and in so-called "incognito" mode? We ran a study to find out.

Privacy Research

Most Americans aren't aware that Facebook owns WhatsApp, or that Google owns Waze

As Facebook usage wanes, messaging apps like WhatsApp are growing in popularity as a "more private (and less confrontational) space to communicate." That shift didn't make much sense to us because both services are owned by the same company, so we tried to find an explanation.

DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Partners with OMERS Ventures to Expand Canadian Presence and Global Impact

Today, we're announcing a partnership with OMERS Ventures (OV), part of the $95 Billion global OMERS pension fund, based in Canada. Their expertise, shared interest in privacy, and investment in DuckDuckGo will help us continue expanding our privacy protections across the globe.

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