These features include cookie consent pop-up management, a newsfeed that displays all of the ways that sites have tried to track you, and blocking content that contains tracking code (e.g., Facebook embeds). If you want to try it out for yourself, you’ll need to join the waitlist via DuckDuckGo’s mobile app.Ĭurrently available for Macs only - though a Windows version is “coming soon” - DuckDuckGo’s web browser uses the same built-in rendering engine as Safari for improved performance, which is then combined with various privacy-focused features. Note: DuckDuckGo’s browser is in a private beta.
But DuckDuckGo took their efforts to a new level earlier this month, when they announced their very own web browser. To that end, they’ve released a Chrome plugin and mobile apps for iOS and Android that combine their search functionality with enhanced encryption and ad tracker blocking. Recent years have found DuckDuckGo making a push beyond just being a search engine, though, and adopting a more comprehensive approach to user privacy.
Unlike Google, which collects anything and everything about you, DuckDuckGo states, quite emphatically, on their homepage: “We don’t store your personal information. After launching in 2008, the DuckDuckGo search engine soon made a name for itself with its focus on user privacy.
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