DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection
Privacy, simplified. Our add-on provides the privacy essentials you need to seamlessly take control of your personal information, no matter where the internet takes you: tracker blocking, smarter encryption, DuckDuckGo private search, and more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Mozilla Firefox
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
Features
- Ad-free
- Support for Aliases
- No Tracking
- No registration required
- Block Trackers
- Microsoft Edge extension
- Disposable Email
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection News & Activities
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Recent activities
- FateGambler111 updated DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection
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DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection information
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Average rating of 4.3Alternatives
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- English
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What is DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection?
At DuckDuckGo, we believe the best way to protect your personal information from hackers, scammers, and privacy-invasive companies is to stop it from being collected at all. That's why millions of people choose DuckDuckGo over other browser extensions to protect their searching and browsing. Our built-in search engine is like Google but never tracks your searches. Our browsing protections, such as ad tracker blocking and cookie blocking, help stop other companies from collecting your data. While our optional integrated AI features, Search Assist and Duck.ai, are private and never use your data to train AI. Oh, and our browser extension is free — we make money from privacy-respecting search ads, not by exploiting your data. Take back control of your personal information with the browser extension designed for data protection.
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS Protect Your Searches by Default: Install the extension and we’ll set your default search engine and homepage to DuckDuckGo Search, so you can easily search online without being tracked.
Shield Your Browsing History: Our 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection blocks most trackers before they load, greatly exceeding what most browsers offer by default.
Chat Privately With AI: Duck.ai lets you have private conversations with 3rd-party AI models, anonymized by us and never used to train AI.
Secure Your Email (Optional): Use Email Protection to block most email trackers and hide your existing email address with @duck.com addresses.
Automatically Enforce Encryption: Shield your data from network and Wi-Fi snoopers by forcing many sites to use an HTTPS connection.
Escape Fingerprinting: Make it harder for companies to create a unique identifier for you by blocking attempts to combine info about your browser and device.
Block Tracking Cookies: prevents most 3rd-party cookies from tracking you as you browse from site to site.
We feature many protections not available on most browsers and extensions, even in private browsing mode, including protection from link tracking, Global Privacy Control, and more.
Comments and Reviews
First thing I install to all browsers on a new device.
Keep in mind that it blocks trackers, not ads. The main advantage it has over, say, Privacy Badger and newer browser settings is that it detects email address fields and offers to generate a disposable alias right there.