So, when you type search terms into the address bar, no data are collected about your search and nothing is shared with the sites you click on in the DuckDuckGo search results. Installing the extension makes DuckDuckGo your default search engine. (DuckDuckGo also has mobile browsers for Android and iOS). On their homepage will be a large icon inviting you to "Add DuckDuckGo" to Firefox or Chrome or whatever browser you happened to be on. For instance, you can install the DuckDuckGo browser extension on any major browser simply by going to the DuckDuckGo website. These private search engines work in ways similar to each other. OK, so now you might be thinking, "it's time to make my internet activities more private." Let's look at the different ways you can go about it.
Google and Facebook use that data to sell ads, though hackers might use it for perhaps more sinister purposes. Taken all together, a ubiquitous tech company like Google can analyze your entire online footprint to paint a remarkably accurate picture of you - both the public and private you. Turns out that the biggest tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter don't comply with "do not track" requests. The most common trackers are owned by Google and its subsidiaries, plus Facebook and Twitter, but lots are also operated by shady entities in places like Russia and Germany.Įven if you go into Chrome's settings and enable the "do not track" feature, those are only voluntary browser requests. News websites are some of the worst offenders, with an average of 40 trackers running in the background. According to a Princeton University study of the top 1 million websites, the web is riddled with third-party trackers.
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