

"Because we're doing this where we can, users are still getting significantly more privacy protection with DuckDuckGo than they would using other browsers. What we're talking about here is an above-and-beyond protection that most browsers don't even attempt to do - that is, blocking third-party tracking scripts before they load on 3rd party websites." "When most other browsers on the market talk about tracking protection, they are usually referring to 3rd-party cookie protection and fingerprinting protection, and our browsers for iOS, Android, and our new Mac beta, impose these restrictions on third-party tracking scripts, including those from Microsoft. "We have always been extremely careful to never promise anonymity when browsing, because that frankly isn’t possible given how quickly trackers change how they work to evade protections and the tools we currently offer," he added. In a statement sent to BleepingComputer (opens in new tab), Weinberg said that DuckDuckGo offers “above-and-beyond protection” other browsers don’t even think of doing, but that the company “never promised” full anonymity (opens in new tab) when browsing. At DuckDuckGo, weve been rolling out search updates that down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation.


> Brave, DuckDuckGo just gave you another way to flip Google the middle finger (opens in new tab) > DuckDuckGo slams Google's new tracking systems (opens in new tab) Browser wars: Has Microsoft Edge completely lost its way? (opens in new tab) Illustration by Israel Vargas Gabriel Weinberg swears there’s no Batman-esque origin story that inspired him to become Privacy Man, a superhero who. Gabriel Weinberg (yegg) MaNot only is this an admission that DuckDuckGo censors search results and makes no bones about it, but it also implies that this has been going on for.
