DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/duckduckgo-browser-allows-microsoft-trackers-due-to-search-agreement/
@hanse @voltronic Reading the article makes it clear DDG isn't satisfied with the situation either. As far as I'm concerned they are the good guys.
@dino @hanse @voltronic The 'good guys' would have made the tracking transparent in their blog or FAQ so that users could choose not to use the browser and just use the search engine.
This is damage control, nothing else.
@CannibalHoliday @hanse @voltronic Ok, it's fair to say this was bad judgement. Very bad considering the core mission. 😞
@voltronic DDG doesn't sound pleased with Microsoft either
@voltronic oh dear, use them on desktop and mobile.
@voltronic There has been a ton of talk about this, but it is honestly nowhere near as bad as everyone is making it out to be.
It *does not* apply to searches through duckduckgo.com - it only applies to the DDG browser (which, for the record, has a feature to easily clear everything with a single prominent button).
DDG still blocks more by default than just about any other browser out there.
If you are serious about privacy you should be running PiHole to catch what browsers miss anyway.
@jgold
For me it's not a huge deal in and of itself, just that it kind of goes against calling out their competitors who use lots of this stuff.
Oh, and I've been on team pi-hole for years. Check my pinned posts.
@jgold
Also, this isn't enough to make me stop using DDG. Even with this disclosure, they are still light years better than the tracking you see on Google.
@voltronic it seems the tracking only happens when/if you click on an ad link, which should be no big shocker.
@voltronic They were supposed to be the good guys.