On mobile, it’s an app on iOS and Android. On desktop, it is available as a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome. Privacy Essentials is a simple solution for you to take back your privacy online. These reminders have rightfully made Internet privacy a mainstream concern. It’s designed to work seamlessly, without compromising your web experience in fact, by blocking all these trackers, it actually speeds it up!įrom major data breaches, echo chambers, and manipulation via targeted ads, there are unfortunately daily reminders that our information is not safe online.
We call it Privacy Essentials because it includes, in one package, all the key components to curb the constant monitoring of your Internet activity by companies like Google and Facebook as you search and browse the web.
In January of 2018, we took a major step to simplify online privacy further with the launch of fully revamped versions of our browser extension and mobile app, with built-in tracker blocking, smarter encryption, Privacy Grade website ratings, and, of course, private search – all in one. We recommend ditching Chrome, but if you must use it, block Topics & FLEDGE w/our extension, which helps protect your privacy holistically in Chrome.How Does the DuckDuckGo App/Extension Protect My Privacy? Filed under DuckDuckGo Q&Aįor over a decade, at DuckDuckGo we’ve offered millions of people a private alternative to Google search, serving over 20 billion anonymous searches. Google Topics and FLEDGE are more attempts from Google to put lipstick on the privacy-invasion pig. Google's re-targeting method FLEDGE puts ad re-targeting technology directly into the Chrome browser so Google can continue to follow you around the web with creepy ads even after third-party cookies are gone, again without your consent. Google Topics will automatically use your browsing history to infer your interests in topics (e.g., “Child Internet Safety”, “Personal Loans”, etc) & share info about you with advertisers and other 3rd parties without your consent. Google says they're better for privacy, but the simple fact is tracking is tracking, no matter what you call it.
NEW: DuckDuckGo's Chrome extension now blocks Google's new tracking method "Topics" and new ad re-targeting method FLEDGE.
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