Reviews for DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials by DuckDuckGo
Review by Publius Maximus
Rated 1 out of 5
by Publius Maximus, 2 years agoDDG has never been able to secure my trust. I am an IT professional who has rigorously tested dozens of search engines. My five favorites are: Brave, MetaGer, Mojeek, Qwant, and Swisscows -- none of which are hosted in the USA. DDG is nearly as insecure as Google or BIng.
DDG's lack of transparency in operating policies, blocking trackers, yet allowing some trackers (anonymous or not) without clearly informing users destroys trust and credibility.
https://thenextweb.com/news/duckduckgo-microsoft-tracking-sparks-backlash
If you read the entire DDG policies, you will discover that they pass data to affiliates eBay and Amazon.
DDG's lack of transparency in operating policies, blocking trackers, yet allowing some trackers (anonymous or not) without clearly informing users destroys trust and credibility.
https://thenextweb.com/news/duckduckgo-microsoft-tracking-sparks-backlash
If you read the entire DDG policies, you will discover that they pass data to affiliates eBay and Amazon.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoHi, we have a help page that explains our web tracking protection in detail. If you're interested, you can check it out here: https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/privacy/web-tracking-protections/ Also, many of our products are open source so you can look into them for yourself.
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