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DuckDuckGo Q&A

What Does Google Know About Me?

Did you know that Google keeps your search history forever? That alone is scary, but it’s just a small part of the data they try to collect on people.

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
4 min read
DuckDuckGo Q&A

How Anonymous Is DuckDuckGo?

Each time you search on DuckDuckGo, you have a blank search history, as if you’ve never been there before.

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
4 min read
Privacy Research

Is Private Browsing Really Private?

At DuckDuckGo, our vision is to raise the standard of trust online. To that end, we surveyed 5,710 random Americans about Private Browsing to understand what people know about and how they

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
2 min read
DuckDuckGo Q&A

How does Google track me even when I'm not using it?

Google can (and does) track your activity across many non-Google websites and apps. That may be surprising, even if you already know that when you use Google products like Google Search, Chrome, and

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
5 min read
DuckDuckGo Q&A

Why Should I Use DuckDuckGo Instead of Google?

If you ever get asked why you should use DuckDuckGo instead of Google, here's a definitive answer by our Founder & CEO, Gabriel Weinberg.

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
9 min read
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?

  • Daniel Davis
    Daniel Davis
4 min read
DuckDuckGo Q&A

Is it true that my ISP is spying on my web browsing? Does DuckDuckGo fix that?

Yes, your ISP (Internet Service Provider) is likely spying on your web browsing, and yes, DuckDuckGo can help you significantly cut down on their ability to spy on you. Your ISP is the

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
3 min read
DuckDuckGo Q&A

What Is the Business Model for DuckDuckGo?

We’re proud to be profitable without making your personal information the product. Here's how we make it work (and how other companies can, too).

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
3 min read
DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo in 2021: Building the Privacy Super App

We spent 2021 strengthening our all-in-one privacy solution and helping people take back their privacy with one easy download.

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
5 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Introducing App Tracking Protection for Android: The easiest way to block most trackers lurking in your apps

Introducing App Tracking Protection for Android: The easiest way to block trackers lurking in your apps

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
5 min read
DuckDuckGo News

2021 DuckDuckGo Charitable Donations: $1,000,000 to Privacy and Competition Organizations Around the World

2021 marks DuckDuckGo's eleventh year of donations—our annual program to support organizations that share our vision of raising the standard of trust online. This year we're proud to

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
5 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Introducing Email Protection: The easy way to block most email trackers and hide your address

We’re excited to announce the beta release of DuckDuckGo’s Email Protection. Our free email forwarding service removes email trackers and protects the privacy of your personal email address without asking you to change email services or apps.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
4 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Millions Choose Simple Privacy Protection with DuckDuckGo

Over the last 12 months, our apps have been downloaded more than 50M times, our search traffic increased 55%, we became the #2 search engine on mobile in U.S., Canada, Australia The Netherlands & other countries, and our estimated user count doubled to between 70-100 Million users.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
4 min read
Opinion

Search Engines Should be Able to Guide Consumers to Search Preference Menus

Consumers deserve a competitive search market where the search engines they want are actually “just one click away.”

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
3 min read
DuckDuckGo News

EFF Adopts DuckDuckGo HTTPS Dataset

We’re proud to announce EFF is switching to the DuckDuckGo Smarter Encryption dataset in their HTTPS Everywhere extension, which automatically upgrades to secure website connections when possible.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
2 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Use the DuckDuckGo Extension to Block FLoC, Google’s New Tracking Method in Chrome

Google has created a new tracking mechanism called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users. It's bad for privacy, which is why we're now blocking it in the DuckDuckGo extension.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
5 min read
Privacy Research

Most Browser Tracking Protection Doesn't Actually Stop Tracking by Default, but We Can Help

To really stop cross-site trackers, you have to prevent them from actually loading in your browser, which is a critical blocking feature that we provide in our all-in-one privacy browser extension & mobile browser.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
7 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Global Privacy Control (GPC) Enabled by Default in DuckDuckGo Apps & Extensions

Global Privacy Control (GPC), the setting exercising your legal right to opt-out of the sale & sharing of personal data, is now enabled by default in the DuckDuckGo app & extension.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
3 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Open Letter to European Commission: Request for Trilateral Meeting among Google, the EC, and Alternative Search Engines to Improve Search Preference Menu

We're calling for a trilateral meeting among Google, the European Commission, and alternative search engines to address the many flaws in Google's preference menu for Android phones in the EU.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
1 min read
Opinion

Dear Google: We Agree Search Competition Should Be "Only 1 Click Away" – So Why Is It 15+ on Android?

Google claims search competition is “only one click away.” So why does it take fifteen+ clicks to make DuckDuckGo Search or any other alternative the default on Android devices?

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
2 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Plan Your Route Privately: DuckDuckGo Now Has Driving & Walking Directions

We're excited to announce a big step forward with the introduction of route-planning directions on DuckDuckGo Search – private, as always.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
2 min read
DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Founding Member in Global Privacy Control (GPC) Standards Effort

We're proud to announce the launch of Global Privacy Control (GPC), a new standard to put privacy protection in the hands of consumers.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
3 min read
Privacy Research

As Predicted, Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo

Google's search preference menu auction, as we predicted, has resulted in DuckDuckGo being eliminated, making it harder for people to get simple privacy.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
3 min read
DuckDuckGo News

New in iOS 14: Simple Everyday Privacy with DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser

New in iOS 14, Apple now allows people to set certain browsers as the default browser (other than Safari), and DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser is now an approved default browser.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
3 min read
DuckDuckGo News

2020 DuckDuckGo Charitable Donations: $750,000 to Organizations Around the World

In our tenth year of charitable donations, our continued growth has enabled us to increase our donations to $750,000.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
4 min read
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