Users will also get access to a privacy feed on their homepages that will inform users of the what kind of trackers were deployed by which sites they visited.

They are also working on significantly expanding their coverage as the beta programme progresses.

The best thing about using DuckDuckGo is that because you don’t leave behind any “cookies” you are not served any pesky advertisements while you’re browsing.Īs per DuckDuckGo, their app and search engine are currently equipped to deal with over 50 per cent of sites and clear them of their cookies and other tracking mechanisms, while automatically selecting options that either block or minimise the cookies from the rest of the internet. The only caveat is that users will have to join a waitlist before they are granted access.įor those who are unaware of DuckDuckGo, it is an extremely popular web browsing app that uses DuckDuckGo’s own search engine by default, which blocks web trackers, and deals with unnecessary and intrusive cookies, and also allows users to nuke their personal browsing data with a single click. In a big boost for online privacy against big tech, DuckDuckGo’s privacy-centric browsing app is available as a beta product for Mac users.

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