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Search Preference Menus

New Search Engine Market Share Data from Cloudflare and Wikipedia

Two new sources of search engine market share data from Cloudflare and Wikipedia use more accurate methodology.

Dax the Duck
6 Jul 2022 · 4 min read
Search Preference Menus

10 Principles for Fair Choice Screens and Effective Switching Mechanisms

Choice screens and effective switching mechanisms are crucial tools that empower users and enable competition in the search engine and browser markets.

Dax the Duck
5 Jul 2022 · 3 min read
DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Chrome Extension Now Blocks Topics and FLEDGE, Google’s new Tracking and Targeting Methods

Google plans to automatically enable new tracking (Topics) and ad targeting (FLEDGE) in Chrome - block it with DuckDuckGo's Chrome Extension

Peter Dolanjski
11 May 2022 · 5 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Introducing DuckDuckGo for Mac: A Private, Fast, and Secure Browsing App

Privacy isn’t something you only need in certain situations or in partial amounts, and it’s a myth that you can’t have the same Internet you like and need, but with

Beah Burger-Lenehan
12 Apr 2022 · 7 min read
Crash Course

How to Live Without Google: Alternatives That Protect Your Privacy

Google tracking is more pervasive than most people realize. We show you some alternatives to Google services to limit your exposure.

Dax the Duck
1 Apr 2022 · 5 min read
DuckDuckGo Q&A

Is DuckDuckGo a Good Search Engine?

DuckDuckGo Search gives you truly private search results without tradeoffs in result quality. We have everything you’ve come to expect in your online search experience, and a few bonus features that make searching the Internet not only private, but also faster and a bit more fun.

Gabriel Weinberg
15 Mar 2022 · 5 min read
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
15 Mar 2022 · 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
15 Mar 2022 · 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
1 Mar 2022 · 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
1 Mar 2022 · 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
1 Mar 2022 · 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
22 Feb 2022 · 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
1 Feb 2022 · 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
1 Jan 2022 · 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
21 Dec 2021 · 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
18 Nov 2021 · 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
27 Sep 2021 · 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
20 Jul 2021 · 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
16 Jun 2021 · 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
18 May 2021 · 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
15 Apr 2021 · 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
9 Apr 2021 · 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
30 Mar 2021 · 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
28 Jan 2021 · 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
27 Oct 2020 · 1 min read
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