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Privacy-oriented web browser From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
DuckDuckGo Private Browser is a web browser created by DuckDuckGo.[4] It is a privacy-oriented browser available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.[5]
Engines | Blink (Android, Windows)[1] WebKit (iOS, macOS)[1] |
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Operating system | Android, iOS, macOS, Windows |
License | Freeware (the underlying WebView components provided by the operating systems) though DuckDuckGo's custom code for Android and iOS is shared with an Apache-2.0 license[2][3] |
Website | https://duckduckgo.com/app |
The core browser functionality is the WebView component provided by the operating system.[1] This means the browser engine is Blink on Android and Windows, but WebKit on iOS and macOS.
DuckDuckGo Private Browser was first released for Android and iOS in 2018.[12] Desktop support began in 2022, with the beta version for macOS.[13][14] The beta version for Windows was released in 2023.[1][15]
In May 2022, an independent researcher discovered that tracking scripts by Microsoft products like Bing and LinkedIn are not blocked by the browser.[16] DuckDuckGo's founder and CEO explained it by noting that the company was "currently contractually restricted by Microsoft" due to their use of Bing as a provider of results in DuckDuckGo search. This meant the browser could not block Microsoft scripts.[17] In August 2022, however, the company announced that they would block Microsoft trackers in its browsers.[18]
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