Google is the most popular search engine in the world, but when it comes to privacy, it doesn’t have a great track record. On my Windows desktop, I'm getting black/white flickering when certain page elements are focused.In this article, we’ll show you how to Use DuckDuckGo Browser on PC and Phone, a private search engine that doesn’t keep track of your search history. As DDG notes, Windows users present a much wider array of hardware to test against, and I can verify this. Having used DuckDuckGo's Windows browser for just a bit, I'm eager to see it pick up the one or two extensions I swear by (Vimium and Pocket) so I can try living with it full-time. He also notes that its engineers have spent 'lots of time addressing any privacy issues specific to WebView2, such as ensuring that crash reports are not sent to Microsoft.' DuckDuckGo and Microsoft have had an interesting relationship thus far, with DDG relying on Microsoft and Bing for most of its search results and advertising, but also bristling under some of Microsoft's trackers.

Many other things-tab pinning, HTML bookmark import, and password/bookmark syncing-should be 'also coming soon,' writes Product Director Peter Dolanjski.ĭolanjski states that DDG aims to open-source its browser, as it has done with some of its apps and extensions. DDG plans to add extension support 'in the future,' but suggests that its password management, ad-blocking tools, and Duck Player already cover two of the most common extension uses. One thing DuckDuckGo lacks in comparison with major browsers (or even most minor players) is extensions. Email protection, making it easier to use an auto-forwarding address on web forms.Cookie pop-up management, automatically selecting a private option and hiding 'I accept' pop-ups.

The 'fire button' that instantly closes all tabs and clears website data.

Tracker blocking that DDG cites as 'above and beyond' other browsers, including third-party tracker loading.

Duck Player, which shows (most) YouTube videos 'without privacy-invading ads' and doesn't feed your recommendations.

Inside the DuckDuckGo browser, you'll find: Fittingly, the browser reports itself as Microsoft Edge at most header-scanning sites. That's 'a Windows WebView2 call that utilizes the Blink rendering engine underneath,' according to DuckDuckGo's blog post. Like its Mac browser, DuckDuckGo (DDG) uses 'the underlying operating system rendering API' rather than its own forked browser code. More than a year after debuting its browser for Mac in private beta, the search engine and tracking antagonist offers many of those same features to a much wider audience. Privacy-focused firm DuckDuckGo has released a public beta of its browser for Windows, offering more default privacy protections and an assortment of Duck-made browsing tools.

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