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DuckDuckGo's lack of comprehensive privacy audit

DuckDuckGo's lack of a recent, comprehensive, formal privacy audit

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Jan 15, 2026
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Are there any known vulnerabilities or audits (with dates) assessing DuckDuckGo’s encryption and privacy claims?

Known independent assessments and disclosures have tested elements of DuckDuckGo’s privacy and encryption posture: a widely reported third‑party audit in 2022 that flagged a Microsoft-related “data fl...

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 20, 2026

What technical audits or independent security assessments exist for DuckDuckGo’s local storage claims?

DuckDuckGo has published at least one formal, third-party security audit for its VPN service carried out by Securitum in October 2024, but the public record in the supplied reporting contains no equiv...

Jan 18, 2026

What independent audits exist of DuckDuckGo’s tracker‑blocking behavior after the 2022 changes?

The clearest independent audit of DuckDuckGo’s tracker‑blocking after the 2022 controversy was done by privacy researcher Zach Edwards, whose analysis revealed a Microsoft‑related carve‑out and prompt...