But we’ve taken on that challenge because it makes for better privacy, and faster downloads.” What you can do about itĭuckDuckGo is working toward removing the clause from its contract with Microsoft. In a statement to and posted on Reddit, Weinberg says the tracking in question “is another above-and-beyond protection that most browsers don’t even attempt to do for web protection - stopping third-party tracking scripts from even loading on third-party websites - because this can easily cause websites to break. “For ads, we worked with Microsoft to make ad clicks protected,” he said. The DuckDuckGo search engine has been around for more than a decade, and in that time it's gained a reputation for being a semi-anonymous way to search the web (although you should undo any blockers when you're visiting The Reg, of course.)ĭDG isn't without its problems, though, like when it was caught earlier this year slipping data from its Android, iOS, and macOS web browsers to Microsoft, which operates the back end of DDG's search engine.DuckDuckGo confirmed the tracking, with CEO and Founder Gabriel Weinberg explaining on Twitter that DuckDuckGo search results are entirely anonymous, including ads.

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For rendering, it uses, making it super compatible with Mac devices,' DuckDuckGo said. 'All the app code – tab and bookmark management, our new tab page, our password manager, etc – is written by our own engineers.

Beyond handling trackers differently, DuckDuckGo said the macOS browser isn't a fork of Chrome 'or any other browser code.'

The DDG says its macOS app also allegedly uses 60 percent less memory than Chrome, a notorious Mac memory hog, because it blocks trackers before they're able to load.

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