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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Privacy-oriented web browser</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_engine" title="Software engine">Engines</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)" title="Blink (browser engine)">Blink</a> (Android, Windows)<sup id="cite_ref-arsWindows_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arsWindows-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a> (iOS, macOS)<sup id="cite_ref-arsWindows_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arsWindows-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a> (the underlying <a href="/wiki/WebView" title="WebView">WebView</a> components provided by the operating systems) though DuckDuckGo's custom code for Android and iOS is shared with an <a href="/wiki/Apache-2.0" class="mw-redirect" title="Apache-2.0">Apache-2.0</a> license<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://duckduckgo.com/app">https://duckduckgo.com/app</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>DuckDuckGo Private Browser</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a> created by <a href="/wiki/DuckDuckGo" title="DuckDuckGo">DuckDuckGo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Internet_privacy" title="Internet privacy">privacy</a>-oriented browser available for <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The core browser functionality is the <a href="/wiki/WebView" title="WebView">WebView</a> component provided by the <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-arsWindows_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arsWindows-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This means the <a href="/wiki/Browser_engine" title="Browser engine">browser engine</a> is <a href="/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)" title="Blink (browser engine)">Blink</a> on Android and Windows, but <a href="/wiki/WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a> on iOS and macOS. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DuckDuckGo_Private_Browser&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Automatically blocks web trackers, and upgrades insecure <a href="/wiki/HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> connections to <a href="/wiki/HTTPS" title="HTTPS">HTTPS</a> when possible.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Has a special "Duck Player" that allows users to watch <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> videos without being target of <a href="/wiki/Internet_advertisement" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet advertisement">advertisements</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tracking_cookie" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracking cookie">tracking cookies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Has an automatic <a href="/wiki/HTTP_cookie" title="HTTP cookie">cookie</a> consent tool and supports the <a href="/wiki/Global_Privacy_Control" class="mw-redirect" title="Global Privacy Control">Global Privacy Control</a> option.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>The Android version has a feature called App Tracking Protection, which when enabled blocks trackers in other Android applications.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DuckDuckGo_Private_Browser&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>DuckDuckGo Private Browser was first released for <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> and <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Desktop_computer" title="Desktop computer">Desktop</a> support began in 2022, with the <a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta" title="Software release life cycle">beta version</a> for <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The beta version for <a href="/wiki/Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a> was released in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-arsWindows_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arsWindows-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversies">Controversies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=DuckDuckGo_Private_Browser&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2022, an independent researcher discovered that <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> products, like <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bing" title="Microsoft Bing">Bing</a> and <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a>, contained tracking scripts that were not blocked by the browser.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> DuckDuckGo's founder and CEO explained the company was "currently contractually restricted by Microsoft" due to their use of Bing's data to power the DuckDuckGo search engine.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2022, however, the company announced that they would block Microsoft trackers.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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