![]() Long story short: if you want to be protected against trackers, you can’t just trust that particular browser.) (You may recall that I quickly ran afoul of the new Microsoft Edge’s tracking protection functionality when the browser launched two years back. That’s easy enough on desktop, but the situation on mobile is a bit murkier since most mobile web browsers don’t support extensions. And that’s pretty clear: you should be using anti-tracking extensions no matter which browser you’re using. I guess we could debate whether Microsoft tracking you is “better” than Google doing so-and given their relative market positions, I will argue it’s less serious, for sure-but the bigger issue, perhaps, is what the alternative is. However, we have been continually pushing and expect to be doing more soon.” Unfortunately, our Microsoft search syndication agreement prevents us from doing more to Microsoft-owned properties. in our browser), we block most third-party trackers. “For ads, we worked with Microsoft to make ad clicks protected. “When you load our search results, you are completely anonymous, including ads,” he tweeted in return. He later added that both mobile browsers claim to “automatically block hidden third-party trackers.” And that DuckDuckGo transparently reports this issue on its website, where you can discover that the firm partners with Microsoft and that, as a result, “ad clicks are managed by Microsoft’s ad network.” That page links to Microsoft’s privacy policy, and DuckDuckGo explains there that Microsoft collects a lot less data than do other search engines, presumably Google. ![]() The new DuckDuckGo browsers for iOS/Android don’t block Microsoft data flows for LinkedIn or Bing.” “Sometimes you find something so disturbing during an audit, you’ve gotta check/recheck because you assume that something must be broken in the test,” privacy and data supply chain researcher Zach Edwards tweeted. But despite the outrage-after all, DuckDuckGo promotes its products and services for their privacy prowess-it’s not as bad as it looks. ![]() ![]() In an interesting online exchange, DuckDuckGo CEO and cofounder Gabriel Weinberg admitted that his firm’s web browser is forced to allow Microsoft trackers through. ![]()
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