Browser DuckDuckGo Windows browser now available in public beta Make the internet less creepy and less cluttered with our desktop browser for Windows—now in public beta! DuckDuckGo for Windows is fast, secure, and packed with the privacy protections you know and trust from our iOS, Android, and Mac browsers.
DuckDuckGo News The wait is over: DuckDuckGo for Mac beta now open to the public! The DuckDuckGo for Mac beta now open to the public! Enjoy browsing again with a fast, sleek browsing app that cleans up the web as you use it, thanks to DuckDuckGo’s unique built-in privacy protections.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.