When you visit these sites through DuckDuckGo or use one of the browser’s !bang shortcuts to go to the sites, DuckDuckGo makes a small commission. RELATED: The very worst gifts you can give if you care about privacy Reducing the dependence on advertisingĪside from keyword-based search ads, DuckDuckGo has non-tracking partnerships with Amazon and eBay. The author of the post, Gabriel Weinberg, concludes that these companies could still be profitable if they got rid of the limited trackers and didn’t collect so much data.
This data is used to follow you virtually anywhere you go. At the same time, Facebook has hidden trackers on about 25% of websites.Ĭompanies like Google and Facebook build profiles based on users’ purchases, searches, location and browsing history and more.
DuckDuckGo’s post cites research from the Princeton Web Transparency & Accountability Project, which shows that Google monitors your behavior with hidden trackers on 76% of websites across the internet.
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