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Browser Tracking

The limitations of DuckDuckGo's privacy features due to platform-level behaviors and external trackers.

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Jan 13, 2026
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What privacy trade-offs exist between browser-integrated protections (Safari/Firefox/Chrome) and DuckDuckGo's extension/app approach?

Browser vendors ship varying default privacy features while third-party tools like DuckDuckGo offer a bundled extension/app model that layers protections; the trade-offs are control, technical scope, ...

Jan 20, 2026

Has any independent audit verified DuckDuckGo’s data‑retention and no‑tracking claims?

There is no singular, widely publicized independent audit that cleanly validates all of DuckDuckGo’s data‑retention and no‑tracking claims; reporting is mixed — some independent security audits and re...

Jan 6, 2026

How do DuckDuckGo's mobile apps and browser extensions handle search history?

DuckDuckGo’s mobile apps and browser extensions are designed to avoid storing users’ search queries and to block third-party trackers by default, with the company repeatedly stating it “doesn’t save o...

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