{"id":1153074,"date":"2023-06-22T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1153074"},"modified":"2023-06-22T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:00:06","slug":"duckduckgo-browser-beta-for-windows-bakes-in-a-lot-of-privacy-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1153074","title":{"rendered":"DuckDuckGo browser beta for Windows bakes in a lot of privacy tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DDG-Windows-Duck-Player-800x450-1.jpg\" alt=\"By using DuckDuckGo's built-in Duck Player, you should be able to avoid both advertisements and having your YouTube recommendations be affected by memes and movie clips for when you forget to open a private window.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DDG-Windows-Duck-Player.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"900\" data-width=\"1600\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> By using DuckDuckGo&#8217;s built-in Duck Player, you should be able to avoid both advertisements and having your YouTube recommendations be affected by memes and movie clips for when you forget to open a private window. (credit: DuckDuckGo)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Privacy-focused firm DuckDuckGo has released <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/windows\">a public beta of its browser for Windows<\/a>, offering more default privacy protections and an assortment of Duck-made browsing tools.<\/p>\n<p>More than a year after <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/04\/duckduckgo-announces-a-new-privacy-focused-mac-web-browser\/\">debuting its browser for Mac<\/a> in private beta, the search engine and tracking antagonist offers many of those same features to a much wider audience. Like its Mac browser, DuckDuckGo (DDG) uses &#8220;the underlying operating system rendering API&#8221; rather than its own forked browser code. That&#8217;s &#8220;a <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-edge\/webview2\/\">Windows WebView2<\/a> call that utilizes the Blink rendering engine underneath,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/spreadprivacy.com\/p\/e0f81d13-9233-4e9a-b158-01ecdafba193\/\">DuckDuckGo&#8217;s blog post<\/a>. Fittingly, the browser reports itself as Microsoft Edge at most header-scanning sites.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the DuckDuckGo browser, you&#8217;ll find:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1949348#p3\">Read 4 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1949348&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1949348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DuckDuckGo browser beta for Windows bakes in a lot of privacy tools<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ By using DuckDuckGo&#8217;s built-in Duck Player, you should be able to avoid both advertisements and having your YouTube recommendations be affected by memes and movie clips for when you forget to open a private window. 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