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DuckDuckGo the search engine says it doesn’t track or store your searches, but the browser or extension you use does keep local history, cookies and caches that you must clear through that browser’s c...
DuckDuckGo’s search engine does not store identifiable search history, but browser or app-level data can. To remove local traces on desktop you must clear the browser’s history, cache and cookies (ste...
DuckDuckGo protects privacy primarily by blocking third‑party trackers, forcing HTTPS where available, offering a privacy‑focused search engine and optional browser/extension/ecosystem features that w...
DuckDuckGo’s stated design is not to track or store users’ search history, so there is no central “account” history to erase on DuckDuckGo itself; what you clear is usually the browser or app data on ...
IronFox is a recent, Firefox-based, privacy‑hardened Android fork that aims to continue Mull’s approach to fingerprint resistance and security hardening; its source is public on GitLab/GitHub and it a...
DuckDuckGo’s search engine itself “doesn’t track your searches or browsing history” . On iPhone the relevant steps therefore are twofold: clear data inside the DuckDuckGo app (tabs, local app data and...
IronFox is an Android-focused, privacy‑hardened fork of Mozilla Firefox that continues the Mull Browser lineage and aims to remove Mozilla telemetry/services while adding fingerprinting and other hard...
DuckDuckGo’s browsers and extensions implement active fingerprinting protections: they override many browser APIs to return no or less-useful data and offer features like cookie protection, tracker bl...
DuckDuckGo does not retain server‑side searchable search history; what users clear on Android is local data held by the app or the host browser. To remove local traces in 2025, use the DuckDuckGo app’...
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is presented as a cross-browser extension that bundles tracker blocking, HTTPS enforcement, and private search integration, and DuckDuckGo’s own testing compares extensio...
DuckDuckGo the search engine says it does not track or store identifiable search histories; instead, the browser or app on your device and the desktop browser you use to visit duckduckgo.com are where...
As of 2025, Tor Browser, Firefox (with strict settings), Brave, and Safari are the desktop browsers most frequently cited as offering built‑in defenses against fingerprinting; Tor provides the stronge...
DuckDuckGo offers built-in controls in its mobile privacy browser to clear tabs, cache, cookies and saved searches via a Clear Data / Close Tabs + Clear Data flow and an Auto Clear Data timer; on desk...
DuckDuckGo’s browser and search protect searches from being logged and block many trackers, but they do not hide your IP or encrypt all traffic—your ISP and visited sites can still see which URLs you ...
IronFox is presented in community posts as a hardened, privacy-oriented fork of Mull/Firefox that emphasizes fingerprinting resistance and extra hardening on Android . Available community commentary c...
Brave and LibreWolf both pitch privacy as the primary selling point, but they take fundamentally different routes: Brave is a polished, Chromium‑based product that bundles user-facing features and rev...
LibreWolf and IronFox both aim to harden Firefox’s baseline against tracking and telemetry by disabling or removing risky features, but they diverge in scope, maturity and platform focus: LibreWolf is...
IronFox is a hardened Firefox-based Android fork that intentionally includes anti‑fingerprinting measures (timezone spoofing, fingerprinting protection overrides) and advertises “focus mainly on preve...
In 2025 independent testing and specialist guides repeatedly identify Tor, Brave, and Firefox (and Firefox forks like LibreWolf) as the strongest mainstream options for fingerprint and tracker resista...
Several browser extensions and standalone services claim to detect AI‑generated or deepfake videos on YouTube, including AI Content Shield (Chrome/Firefox), Hive AI Detector (Chrome), Hiya’s Deepfake ...