And the browser app is telling users that it automatically blocks hidden third-party trackers.īut what it is accused of actually doing is allowing Microsoft to run its scripts, collect data points on users and monitor them via third-party trackers from the Redmond behemoth – not on the DuckDuckGo site itself, but on some third-party websites. Users are being led to believe that, unlike DDG's huge competitors, the search operation doesn't track them or retain search history. Another promise is that of “privacy protection for any device.” What DuckDuckGo says on the tin, that is, when you visit the search page, is that it provides seamless privacy protection on the browser, asking users if they're “tired of being tracked online” and then promising that the company “can help” if the answer is affirmative. Related: DuckDuckGo ends neutrality, will down-rank sites “associated with Russian disinformation” And once again, its CEO Gabriel Weinberg is in full damage control mode on social networks, denying that anything's wrong – but not so much by clearly explaining the situation, as by talking in circles to justify it. How about a Big Tech “privacy-friendly alternative” that's, in reality, teaming up and working closely with Microsoft – and appears to put faith in the ethics of a notoriously and historically unethical corporate giant? And what if this “alternative” has a tracking deal with Microsoft?Ī pretty bleak prospect, considering that these massive corporations are about as bad as each other where monopolistic behavior, user tracking, and data harvesting is concerned.īut that is precisely what DuckDuckGo (DGG) – a “Google Search alternative” search engine and browser that has lately been stumbling from one credibility-undermining controversy to another – is now being accused of. If you're tired of censorship, cancel culture, and the erosion of privacy and civil liberties subscribe to Reclaim The Net.
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