DuckDuckGo is working on a privacy-focused desktop browser
Image by DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo, the company best known for its privacy-focused search engine of the same name, is working on a desktop browser that should bring the same focus on avoiding being tracked to your entire web experience. In a post on its blog, DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg offers a glimpse at what the upcoming browser will look like and notes that we can expect it to perform the same way its browsing app does on mobile.
Weinberg explains that the desktop browser will offer robust privacy protection" by default, without you having to toggle on any hidden security settings. Like the mobile app, the desktop equivalent will come with the same Fire" button that instantly erases all of your browsing history, stored data, and tabs in one click.
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