DuckDuckGo Private Browser

FAQs

• Can you be tracked on DuckDuckGo?
  You can easily still be uniquely identified and tracked while using Incognito mode through “browser fingerprinting.” Just as each person has a unique fingerprint, so does every browser. ... On the other hand, DuckDuckGo doesn't track your search history at all, regardless of whether you're “incognito” or not.
• Is DuckDuckGo safe browser?
  Duckduckgo is actually the default search engine for the Tor browser, especially desirable for users who want to browse the deep web or the dark web safely. Important note: you will notice many other sources and blogs saying Duckduckgo is a 'safe browser' or 'secure browser'.
• Does DuckDuckGo have its own browser?
  At DuckDuckGo, we've expanded beyond our roots in search, to protect you no matter where you go on the Internet. Our DuckDuckGo browser extension and mobile app is available for all major browsers and devices, and blocks these Google trackers, along with the ones from Facebook and countless other data brokers.
• Is DuckDuckGo privacy essentials safe?
  While DuckDuckGo doesn't share your data with anyone, the browser does store data internally—it will save data internally as you go for services like autocompleting site addresses you've already visited. The burn button deletes that data and starts over. Because the only truly safe data is dead (deleted) data.
• What is DuckDuckGo privacy browser?
  You might know DuckDuckGo as the anti-Google search engine, but it's also branched out to make its own mobile browsers for Android and iOS. ... To keep you anonymized online, DuckDuckGo blocks tracking cookies that are able to identify you and your device, and even scans and ranks sites' privacy policies.
• Is DuckDuckGo a safe browser?
  DuckDuckGo search is completely anonymous, in line with our strict privacy policy. Each time you search on DuckDuckGo, you have a blank search history, as if you've never been there before. We simply don't store anything that can tie searches to you personally.
• Is DuckDuckGo owned by Google?
  But does Google own DuckDuckGo? Nope. It's not affiliated with Google and started in 2008 with a desire to give people another option. One of its first advertisements was urging people to look at Google with the slogan, “Google tracks you.
• Does DuckDuckGo have private browsing?
  DuckDuckGo search is completely anonymous, in line with our strict privacy policy. Each time you search on DuckDuckGo, you have a blank search history, as if you've never been there before. We simply don't store anything that can tie searches to you personally.
• Does DuckDuckGo have a mobile browser?
  In addition to its private search engine, DuckDuckGo offers a privacy browser app for iOS and Android, as well as a Chrome extension. If you'd rather not download the app or extension, you can also go to duckduckgo.com and run your searches there.
• Can you be tracked with DuckDuckGo?
  DuckDuckGo describes itself as "the search engine that doesn't track you". It promises not to use cookies to follow users and says it doesn't collect any personal information on those who use it. Even your IP address is hidden. "We protect your search history, even from us," founder Gabriel Weinberg told WIRED.
• What is DuckDuckGo privacy app?
  BETA. App Tracking Protection for Android is free and blocks trackers it identifies in other apps from third-party companies (those different from the company that owns each app). It is now built right into the DuckDuckGo Android app.
• Is DuckDuckGo a privacy browser?
  DuckDuckGo is an alternative search engine that prioritizes its users' personal privacy and security. DuckDuckGo does not use cookies, collect your IP address or personal information, or create any kind of personal profile about you.
• Is DuckDuckGo owned by Chrome?
  Firefox and all Chromium-based browsers are compatible with the DuckDuckGo extension. Is DuckDuckGo Owned by Google? No, DuckDuckGo's website owners are independent and not affiliated with Google, Bing or any other major search engine.