{"id":1397,"date":"2021-02-25T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2025-03-04T05:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:08:59","slug":"duckduckgo-browser-and-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/duckduckgo-browser-and-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"DuckDuckGo Browser and Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/\"><strong>DuckDuckGo<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;describes itself as \u201cthe search engine that doesn\u2019t track you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although DDG is better known for its privacy-focused\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/?p=1399&amp;preview=true&amp;_thumbnail_id=1400\">search engine<\/a>, the company has expanded into making its own Privacy Browser app for Android and IOS. The DDG Privacy Browser has the speed you need, the browsing features you expect (like tabs &amp; bookmarks), and also comes with best-in-class privacy essentials.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also have browser extensions called DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials \u2013&nbsp; which means that you don\u2019t have to abandon your favorite desktop browser like Safari, Chrome, or Firefox to take advantage of DuckDuckGo\u2019s tight privacy controls.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DDG extension is packed with privacy essentials that makes your browsing experience even faster in your favorite browser:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It automatically blocks hidden third-party trackers,<\/li><li>Allows you to search privately just like incognito in Chrome<\/li><li>Enforce encryption for every site you visit<\/li><li>It scans &amp; ranks websites\u2019 privacy policies that let you see in a glimpse how protected you are<\/li><li>It has built-in Global Privacy Control (GPC).&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason to like DDG Privacy Browser app and browser extensions is how easy and simple you can use it. All you have to do is install it on your mobile or add it as an extension on your favorite browser and ta da! You are good to go in getting maximum protection online. In addition, with DDG \u2013 your web search is completely anonymous, as explained in their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/privacy\">strict privacy policy<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DuckDuckGo&nbsp;describes itself as \u201cthe search engine that doesn\u2019t track you.\u201d Although DDG is better known for its privacy-focused\u00a0search engine, the company has expanded into making its own Privacy Browser app for Android and IOS. The DDG Privacy Browser has the speed you need, the browsing features you expect (like tabs &amp; bookmarks), and also comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartstermedia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}