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Comparison of DuckDuckGo, Brave, and Firefox browsers in terms of privacy features and tracker blocking capabilities
DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser centers on a one-tap privacy control called the Fire Button/Fire Window that instantly clears local browsing data and isolates sessions, plus built-in tracker and cookie bl...
DuckDuckGo is primarily a privacy-focused search engine that does not itself maintain a desktop browser profile of cache and cookies, so on desktop platforms the task of securely wiping cache, cookies...
The desktop browsers that deliver the strongest out‑of‑the‑box protections that align with DuckDuckGo’s tracker‑blocking approach are the DuckDuckGo standalone browser itself and mainstream browsers a...
’s Fireproofing is an opt‑in, per‑site exemption that preserves first‑party cookies and storage for sites the user chooses while the purges other on‑device data . That design contrasts with the more g...
’s browser blocks many third‑party trackers and is simple and effective for everyday privacy, but it stops short of the network‑level anonymity provides and the broader, more aggressive default protec...
DuckDuckGo’s built‑in blocking is designed for simplicity and tracker‑first privacy, and in head‑to‑head empirical summaries it tends to remove many tracker‑based ads but leaves more contextual or fir...
Independent, community-driven test suites and major tech reviewers consistently find ’s browser blocks a substantial amount of third‑party tracking content, but it typically trails ’s default protecti...