How to use DuckDuckGoĭuckDuckGo isn't all that different from any other search engine. If you prefer to use DuckDuckGo as your default search engine within Safari, Firefox, or Brave, follow the steps (opens in new tab) on DuckDuckGo's help pages. Adding DuckDuckGo on mobileĭuckDuckGo has browsing apps for both iOS (opens in new tab) and Android (opens in new tab). You can also get the Privacy Essentials add-on (opens in new tab). Open the dropdown menu next to Search Engine Used in the Address Bar and select DuckDuckGo. Scroll all the way down the page and, under the Services heading, click Address Bar and Search. (Image credit: Microsoft/Screenshot by Tom's Guide) In fact, this writer will not run an Android-based phone without App Tracking Protection installed.The setting to make DuckDuckGo the default search engine in Microsoft Edge. Through our testing, we’ve found that a phone with 35 apps can experience between 1,000-2,000 tracking attempts every day and contact 70+ different tracking companies.Īt WPN, we have been using DDG’s App Tracking Protection since it was in closed beta and have been consistently impressed with the results. The average Android user has 35 apps on their phone. The need for App Tracking Protection quickly becomes apparent when considering the sheer volume of tracking users are subjected to: That is, App Tracking Protection does not route your app data through external companies (including ours). This allows App Tracking Protection to block tracking attempts, even giving users a report of how many times an app has tried tracking them.ĭDG is quick to point out, however, that no data is sent to the company:Īpp Tracking Protection uses a local “VPN connection,” which means that it works its magic right on your smartphone and without sending app data to DuckDuckGo or other remote servers. Rather than creating a network connection, like a typical VPN, the feature acts as a VPN only in the sense that it forces all apps to route their network requests through it. DuckDuckGo (DDG) has opened its App Tracking Protection beta to all Android users, providing some of the most capable privacy protection.Īpp Tracking Protection acts as a local VPN on an Android device.
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