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Web tracking protections

DuckDuckGo's Web Tracking Protections page lists a suite of defenses beyond typical browser defaults.

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Jan 26, 2026
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How effective are DuckDuckGo’s browser protections at blocking third‑party trackers compared with browser extensions?

’s browser and extensions block a large swath of third‑party trackers by preventing many tracking scripts from loading and by applying cookie and protections, a posture the company says “greatly excee...

Jan 13, 2026
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How effective is DuckDuckGo at preventing browser fingerprinting?

DuckDuckGo advertises active fingerprinting protections: it overrides many browser APIs to return no or less-useful values and layers those changes with tracker- and cookie-blocking features intended ...

Jan 21, 2026
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How does DuckDuckGo’s VPN compare to other mobile VPN services in privacy and speed?

’s mobile VPN is positioned as a simple, privacy-first layer bundled into a broader “Privacy Pro” subscription and emphasizes a strict no‑logs claim backed by an audit and easy one‑click use in its ap...

Jan 21, 2026

How does the EFF Cover Your Tracks test determine browser uniqueness and what signals does it use?

is the interactive successor to that evaluates how uniquely a browser appears to trackers by collecting a wide set of browser- and device-level signals and reporting a combined “bits of identifying in...

Jan 7, 2026

What are the main privacy tools in DuckDuckGo's mobile browser?

DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser bundles a range of built-in anti-tracking and privacy conveniences — a private search engine, tracker blocking, forced HTTPS, cookie and fingerprinting protections, and qui...

Jan 10, 2026

What features are unique to DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials on Chrome vs Firefox?

DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is offered as a browser extension on both Chrome and Firefox and supplies core protections — tracker blocking, smarter encryption, and private search integration — across...

Jan 6, 2026

Have independent audits or privacy researchers published telemetry analyses of DuckDuckGo’s extensions across browsers?

Independent security researchers and at least one named privacy researcher have published analyses alleging that DuckDuckGo’s browser products transmit telemetry or data flows to Microsoft-owned domai...