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Incidents where DuckDuckGo's product behavior diverged from its corporate privacy claims
Yes—DuckDuckGo has a commercial syndication and advertising relationship with Microsoft that has been explicitly acknowledged by both companies and reported by multiple outlets; that agreement histori...
A clear record of reporting and company statements shows DuckDuckGo’s commercial relationship with Microsoft created a measurable exception in its tracker-blocking behavior on browsers in 2022, a gap ...
DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Pro VPN creates an encrypted “tunnel” from a user’s device to DuckDuckGo-operated VPN servers, routing all device traffic through those servers rather than directly through the us...
Turning off ’s and deleting its server data is the single most direct setting that prevents the browser from saving bookmarks, passwords, and Email Protection settings to DuckDuckGo’s sync servers goi...