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Privacy

A collection of 46 posts

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.

  • Tim Raybould
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

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

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
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
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.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
1 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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
4 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.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
5 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.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
6 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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    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.

  • Dax the duck
    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!

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
2 min read
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.

  • Dax the duck
    Dax the duck
2 min read
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