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DuckDuckGo Private Browser

DuckDuckGo Private Browser is a web browser created by DuckDuckGo Inc.[4] It is a privacy-oriented browser available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.[5]

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DuckDuckGo Private Browser
EnginesBlink (Android, Windows)[1]
WebKit (iOS, macOS)[1]
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, macOS, Windows
LicenseFreeware (the underlying WebView components provided by the operating systems) though DuckDuckGo's custom code for Android and iOS is shared with an Apache-2.0 license[2][3]
Websitehttps://duckduckgo.com/app
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The core browser functionality is the WebView component provided by the operating system.[1] This means the browser engine is Blink on Android and Windows, and WebKit on iOS and macOS.

Features

  • Automatically blocks web trackers, and upgrades insecure HTTP connections to HTTPS when possible.[6][7]
  • The Android version has a feature called App Tracking Protection, which when enabled blocks trackers in other Android applications.[10][11]

History

DuckDuckGo Private Browser was first released for Android and iOS in 2018.[12] Desktop support began in 2022, with the beta version for macOS.[13][14] The beta version for Windows was released in 2023.[1][15]

Controversies

In May 2022, an independent researcher discovered that Microsoft products, like Bing and LinkedIn, contained tracking scripts that were not blocked by the browser.[16] DuckDuckGo's founder and CEO explained the company was "currently contractually restricted by Microsoft" due to their use of Bing's data to power the DuckDuckGo search engine.[17] In August 2022, however, the company announced that they would block Microsoft trackers.[18]

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