DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials - Secure Browsing on Edge
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Simple and seamless privacy protection for your browser.
Protecting your privacy online is like protecting your home. Locking the front door won’t stop the most determined folks from getting inside, especially if you’ve left the back door and windows unlocked and an extra key under the doormat. That’s why we offer multiple types of privacy protection, most of which aren’t offered in most popular browsers by default.
With the press of a button, you get seamless protection from most 3rd-party trackers while you search and browse, access to tracking protections for emails you receive, and much more. Together these privacy essentials make more privacy your default. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
• Search Privately by Default - DuckDuckGo Private Search comes built-in, so you can easily search the web without being tracked.
• Escape Website Trackers Before They Load - automatically stop most hidden trackers (3rd-party scripts) from loading, which prevents companies from collecting and using (e.g. sale, ads, etc.) any data from these trackers. Our cutting-edge tracker blocking technology goes well above and beyond what you get in most popular browsers by default.
• Automatically Enforce Encryption - force many sites you visit to automatically use an encrypted (HTTPS) connection, which helps shield your data from Wi-Fi snoopers and network onlookers like your Internet provider. Most popular browsers only direct users to encrypted versions of pages in specific circumstances, like when you navigate directly to a page in the address bar. We check our list of upgradable sites for all links you click.
• Enable Built-in Email Protection - Over 85% of emails sent to Duck Addresses contained trackers that can detect when you’ve opened a message, where you were when you opened it, and what device you were using. Email Protection makes it easy to block most email trackers and hide your existing address when signing up for things online, all without switching email providers.
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- Easy to install and set up.
- Provides good privacy protection.
- Responsive support team.
- Has worked well for users in the past.
- Stopped working after recent updates.
- Extension often greyed out and unresponsive.
- Compatibility issues with Microsoft Edge.
- Does not properly change default search engine or homepage.
- Extension is greyed out and not functioning.
- Issues with Microsoft Edge interfering with the add-on.
- Problems with configuration and settings.
- User complaints about lack of support responses.
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DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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