DuckDuckGo Search Engine Not As Private As You Think

 From Bleeping Computer.com "

"DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement"

The privacy-focused DuckDuckGo browser purposely allows Microsoft trackers on third-party sites due to an agreement in their syndicated search content contract between the two companies.

 DuckDuckGo allowed trackers related to the bing.com and linkedin.com domains while blocking all other trackers.

In spite of what you may think, or see in their ads, you are NOT PRIVATE when you use DuckDuckGo.

Google can determine what sites you visited and the searches you made.

The government can determine your search and browsing history.

Is DuckDuckGo really private?

DuckDuckGo proved it themselves that there is no such thing as a private search engine.

 

How To Hide Your Browsing From Google

 

There are a bunch of solutions out there (VPN, Tor, DuckDuckGo etc) that claim they can hide your browsing from Google.

Here is the truth....while they are all good products, they don't hide your browsing from Google.

Google has some type of their script on almost EVERY website. (Analytics, Ads, Maps, Youtube, reCAPTCHA etc).

So when you visit a site, Google can identify you by your computer. It doesn't matter if you used a private search engine, a VPN or a private browser.

To see how many Google Trackers are on a website, visit PageXray.

There you can see just how many Google trackers are on a site.

You can test to see if Google is able to track you online with this simple test. Try this with your VPN, Tor or Brave browser.

Go to Google Images

Click the camera icon.

 

Then click upload an image, then click browse.

 

If it opened your computer, that means Google is able to see and basically touch your computer on every site they have script on.

 In order to hide your browsing from Google, the browser cannot run on your device, but in the cloud...a cloud browser or a virtual private browser.

Google will still be able to track this browsing, but they will tracking a server, and NOT YOUR COMPUTER.

So every search, on every search engine,  is private. Every site you visit you will be anonymous.

When you want to be completely anonymous and virus free on the Web, get the ONLY virtual private browser.