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Privacy Research

Google Search Mobile Market Share Likely to Drop Around 20% through Search Preference Menus

How to increase competition in the search engine market? Our new research shows that 24% of people in the US, 24% in the UK & 17% in Australia would choose a non-Google search engine when given the chance to express their preference on their mobile phones.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
3 min read
Opinion

Search Preference Menus: Google Auction Ignores Screen Size and Scrolling

New data showing that restricting the number of search engine options in search preference menus is unnecessary and harmful to competition.

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    Dax the duck
4 min read
DuckDuckGo News

Better Privacy for Vivaldi Users, Thanks to DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar

We're delighted to announce the Vivaldi browser has incorporated DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar, resulting in easy, effective tracker protection for its users.

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    Dax the duck
1 min read
Opinion

Working from Home? Consider These Privacy-Focused Tools

As a remote-first Internet privacy company, we firmly believe that working outside of a traditional office setting should not compromise your privacy. To that end, we’ve rounded up privacy-respecting tools, and important settings, that you can confidently utilize while you’re working remotely.

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    Dax the duck
5 min read
Opinion

Working Remotely for the First Time? Here Are 5 Tips From Our All-Remote Team

In the wake of COVID-19, many people are suddenly working remotely. At DuckDuckGo, we’ve always been a remote-first company, so we wanted to take a moment to share helpful tips and words of encouragement, directly from some of our staff.

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    Dax the duck
6 min read
Privacy Research

The Risky Business of Charging Your Phone in Public

It has become commonplace to find free USB charging stations in many public areas, from airports to hospital waiting rooms. While this seems like a thoughtful accommodation, a quick recharge from a USB port in a public setting could actually put your data at risk of being stolen.

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    Dax the duck
2 min read
Opinion

Search Preference Menus: No Auctions Please

As Google’s search preference menu for Android goes live in the EU, sadly search options are decided by a Google-designed pay-to-play auction, prioritizing their profits over your choices. Here's why the auction model should be thrown out.

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    Dax the duck
6 min read
DuckDuckGo News

DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar Exposes Hidden Tracking

DuckDuckGo Tracker Radar is a best-in-class, automatically-generated data set about trackers that we've made available for research and generating block lists.

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    Dax the duck
8 min read
Privacy Research

The Hidden Privacy Risk in Note-Taking Apps

Saving private information to an unencrypted note-taking app is a largely unknown, everyday privacy risk that almost half of Americans are engaging in. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

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    Dax the duck
3 min read
Opinion

Search Preference Menus: Improving Choice With Design

Google’s search preference menu for the European Union is designed in a way that undercuts the very reason it was created, making it harder than necessary for people to choose a non-Google search engine alternative. We propose user-tested design improvements.

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    Dax the duck
4 min read
DuckDuckGo Q&A

How do hidden web trackers put my privacy at risk?

Hidden trackers can follow you around the Internet and watch much of what you do online, but there are simple tools you can use to help block them. Before I get into how

  • Gabriel Weinberg
    Gabriel Weinberg
4 min read
Device Privacy Tips

Simple Steps to Protect Your Privacy Online

Resolve to take back control of your personal data online with these few quick steps, and protect your privacy in 2020.

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    Dax the duck
2 min read
DuckDuckGo News

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.

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    Dax the duck
5 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
2 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
6 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
5 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
1 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
3 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
3 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
3 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
3 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
3 min read
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.

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    Dax the duck
3 min read
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!

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    Dax the duck
2 min read
Opinion

DuckDuckGo Testimony Before the United States Senate

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

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4 min read
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