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DuckDuckGo vs VPNs vs Tor for online privacy

Comparison of DuckDuckGo, VPNs, and Tor for online privacy and anonymity

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Jan 14, 2026
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If I use DuckDuckGo for searches, can Google still link my IP to my account through other services?

Using DuckDuckGo for searches reduces what DuckDuckGo itself can share—DuckDuckGo says it does not log or tie searches to IPs and does not save IP addresses to create histories , but Google can still ...

Jan 26, 2026
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How does DuckDuckGo technically prevent search providers from linking queries to users?

prevents search providers from linking queries to identifiable users primarily by minimizing the data it collects, anonymizing what little it uses (like GeoIP), and routing traffic in ways that avoid ...