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Tracker blocking and privacy tradeoffs

The balance between blocking trackers and maintaining web compatibility, and the potential for altered browser properties to be detectable

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Jan 27, 2026
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Does DuckDuckGo store search queries linked to individuals?

publicly states it does not retain individual users’ search queries or any data that would allow it to create a history tied to an identified person, and its privacy policy repeatedly emphasizes that ...

Jan 25, 2026
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How do hardened browsers like Tor Browser or Brave differ from DuckDuckGo in fingerprinting protections?

Hardened browsers like and aim to defeat through built-in, aggressive measures—Tor by uniformizing and isolating users into a shared anonymity set, and Brave by randomization and blocking—whereas the ...

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