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👀🫥😮‍💨🤡⛈️⚖️💸💸💸 /u3Q30KIs7eįurther tests revealed that DuckDuckGo also allowed trackers related to and domains while also blocking all other trackers. You can capture data within the DuckDuckGo so-called private browser on a website like Facebook's and you'll see that DDG does NOT stop data flows to Microsoft's Linkedin domains or their Bing advertising domains. The researcher made the discover during a security audit, where Edwards discovered that while DuckDuckGo’s browser does indeed block Google and Facebook trackers, Microsoft’s tracker continued to run. Security researcher Zach Edwards first made the discovery, as reported by BleepingComputer. Though it is is not associated with a user advertising profile. This tracking is for “accounting purposes”. While DuckDuckGo does not store a user’s personal identifiers with search queries, Microsoft advertising may track your IP address and additional information when clicking on an ad link. DuckDuckGo Browser Allows Microsoft Trackers Instead, the company uses contextual advertisements from partners, such as Ads by Microsoft. DuckDuckGo also doesn’t build user profiles to display advertisements based off interests. The search engine does not track your searchers nor your behavior as users perform searchers. That is, when most browsers on the market talk about tracking protection, they are usually referring to 3rd-party cookie protection and fingerprinting protection, and our browsers for iOS, Android, and our new Mac beta, impose these same restrictions on third-party tracking scripts, including those from Microsoft.ĭuckDuckGo is a search engine that focuses on privacy. The representative has also provided the following clarification:Īs you’ll see in Gabriel’s responses, we actually do have a lot of existing protections for Microsoft scripts.

Weinberg has issued responses on both Twitter and Reddit. Update: As of May 25, A representative for DuckDuckGo has reached out to Mac Observer. This is due to an agreement within their syndicated search contract between the two companies.

Recent findings show that the typically privacy-focused DuckDuckGo browser is reportedly allowing Microsoft trackers on third-party sites.