Your personal information as you search and browse the web, no matter where the Our app provides the privacy essentials you need to seamlessly take control of Privacy you deserve online should be as simple as closing the blinds. Holistically though I believe what we offer is the best thing out there for mainstream users who want simple privacy protection without breaking things, and that is our product vision.At DuckDuckGo, we believe the Internet shouldn't feel so creepy, and getting the We're also working on updates to our app store descriptions to make this more clear. That's why we have always been extremely careful to never promise anonymity when browsing outside our search engine, because that frankly isn't possible. And we face many constraints: platform constraints (we can't offer all protections on every platform do to limited APIs or other restrictions), limited contractual constraints (like in this case), breakage constraints (blocking some things totally breaks web experiences), and of course the evolving tracking arms race that we constantly work to keep ahead of. 'Taking a step back, I know our product is not perfect and will never be,' Weinberg wrote in a Reddit statement.

In an additional statement, Weinberg reiterated that DuckDuckGo never promised '100% privacy protection,' as that's not possible for various reasons. However, we have been continually pushing and expect to be doing more soon.'

'Unfortunately our Microsoft search syndication agreement prevents us from doing more to Microsoft-owned properties. in our browser), we block most third-party trackers,' said DuckDuckGo CEO and founder Gabriel Weinberg. Since the discovery, DuckDuckGo has been transparent about the involvement, and has made promises to increase privacy protection from Microsoft trackers.

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