Posted on 11/11/2019 6:17:54 PM PST by DoodleBob
People are finally waking up to the importance of privacy and the risk of entities over whom we have no control hoovering up the details of our digital lives, and that’s why the latest news from Duck Duck Go is so worthwhile.
Apple’s good privacy just got better
We know Apple is working to protect privacy – its newly updated privacy website shares a huge amount of information on its efforts, while the newly-published Safari white paper confirms the browser’s privacy protections include (among other things):
Protection from cross-site tracking.
Ad measurement tools that respect user privacy.
Secure payments.
Sign-in with Apple.
Privacy-focused extensions.
The white paper also discusses Safari Extensions, a feature the company has developed with privacy in mind.
This is why you are told what information extensions can access when installed, and also why developers of content-blocking solutions aren’t actually able to access your browsing data. It is also why Apple continues its work to ensure AI-based decisions take place on your device, rather than in the cloud.
Duck Duck Go launches better privacy for Macs
Safari Extensions is also where Duck Duck Go comes in. The private-by-design search engine has introduced its new Privacy Essentials extension for Safari users on Catalina. You can get it on the App Store. iPad and iPhone users can use the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser for iOS.
The Safari browser extension for macOS includes a range of useful privacy protections, including third-party tracker blocking and a privacy dashboard.
This isn’t the first time Duck Duck Go has offered these tools to Safari users. But major structural changes in Safari 12 required the company to remove the software from the Safari extensions gallery.
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That is who I use for about the past five years. No problemo.
They have been my search engine for years. Love their service, don’t love the name
With Duckduck go and a vpn I feel pretty comfortable. Add Lifelock, I am relaxed. Get United States Concealed Carry Association membership and I figure I’ll manage.
Been a duckduck user for about 4 years. Haven’t done Google in about 10.
But who knows that becuz they claim they are giving us privacy they really are???
Stupid name for a limited search engine and very limited results. Found site totally useless every time I try a search. Heck, it does not even list my company, which is top of Google and Bing results.
I doubt anyone really gets the privacy that they think they are getting.
DDG is fine. But I’ve found that Yippy.com is even more secure. Not a single cookie. And their new image search is pretty sweet.
That would be https://yippy.com ...
I “Duck”
I’ve been ducking for quite a while now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wePMUqnBn0
I use startpage.com because DuckDuckGo is funding our enemies.
It’s my home page.
Made the switch to FireFox and DDG two years ago and never happier.
It is my default search engine. But, it doesn’t always give me enough of the right type of results. Neither does google. Google is, sadly, my back-up plan. I found bing to be so unhelpful that it isn’t worth even typing in my address bar.
Now, all you need is a LifeAlert.
Searx is another alternative. Duck Duck is my homepage though.
My browser is Opera. But Brave and Palemoon are alternatives.
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