{"id":529,"date":"2025-07-01T06:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T06:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/cyberdisk\/?p=529"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:15:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:15:24","slug":"duckduckgo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/cyberdisk\/duckduckgo\/","title":{"rendered":"DuckDuckGo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Software<\/td>DuckDuckGo<\/td><\/tr>
Type<\/td>Search Engine<\/td><\/tr>
Tag<\/td>Utility<\/a>. Privacy<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Platform<\/td>Android<\/a>, Linux<\/a>, Windows<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Privacy Rating<\/td>\u2b50\u2b50\u2b50<\/td><\/tr>
License Model<\/td>Free – Proprietary<\/td><\/tr>
Links<\/td>duckduckgo.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Privacy Pros:<\/strong> Provides better privacy options than Google and better QOL improvements over other search engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privacy Cons:<\/strong> Parent company is Verizon. Uses fingerprinting to identify the user. Uses anonymous statistics to gather info. Uses info to train AI. Depends on Bing for search results. Proprietary and non-local code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Privacy Tip:<\/strong> While the DuckDuckGo browser and\/or extensions are decent, Librewolf<\/a> and Iceraven<\/a> offer better privacy and protection against fingerprinting. Turn on Librewolf’s letterboxing feature via about:config to prevent DuckDuckGo from fingerprinting your browser.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

DuckDuckGo is an American software company focused on online privacy whose flagship product is a search engine named DuckDuckGo. Founded by Gabriel Weinberg in 2008, its later products include browser extensions and a custom DuckDuckGo web browser. Headquartered in Paoli, Pennsylvania, DuckDuckGo is a privately held company with about 200 employees. The company’s name is a reference to the children’s game duck, duck, goose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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