Worth reading.Follow us on Image Source : DUCKDUCKGO WEBSITEĭuckDuckGo browser is meant to obstruct the trackers from advertisers World Health Organization sell and trades user data. Update: Weinberg has posted a detailed explanation on Reddit. tab close buttons are on the right, not left and the app’s preferences aren’t in their own window, but instead open in a browser tab.)

They’re using WebKit and really have written their own browser application, but for reasons that escape me, they made it look like Chrome. (While I’m at it: I’ve tried DuckDuckGo’s beta browser for Mac, but I can’t abide it. It’s not a good look for Microsoft either - Microsoft would be smart to alter their search syndication agreement with DuckDuckGo to allow them to treat Microsoft’s trackers just like anyone else’s in the DuckDuckGo browser. But still - it’s just so contrary to the core of DuckDuckGo’s brand. To be clear, this is about DuckDuckGo’s web browser, not their search results. Not a good look for a company that just launched a high-profile campaign, touting “the simple fact is tracking is tracking, no matter what you call it”. Weinberg has been defending the company’s transparency surrounding This has led to quite the uproar on Hacker News, where Search syndication agreement with Redmond. Intentionally allows Microsoft trackers third-party sites due to a In response to Edwards’ long thread on the subject, DuckDuckGoĬEO and Founder Gabriel Weinberg confirmed that their browser The and domains while blocking all other While the browser blocks Google and Facebook trackers, it allowedįurther tests showed that DuckDuckGo allowed trackers related to Privacy Browser, security researcher Zach Edwards discovered that However, while performing a security audit of the DuckDuckGo Lawrence Abrams, writing for Bleeping Computer:

DuckDuckGo Browser – But Not Search – Special-Cases Microsoft Trackers Due to Search Agreement

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