{"id":1153097,"date":"2023-06-22T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1153097"},"modified":"2023-06-22T08:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T12:00:39","slug":"duckduckgos-privacy-focused-browser-is-now-available-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1153097","title":{"rendered":"DuckDuckGo&#039;s privacy-focused browser is now available for Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused alternative to Google, has been working on its own browser. First available on <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/duckduckgo-mac-browser-open-beta-092105957.html\"><ins>the Mac in open beta<\/ins><\/a> late last year, the DuckDuckGo browser is rolling out in beta for Windows starting today. DuckDuckGo says this is \u201cour most requested product for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, DuckDuckGo is the default search engine here. But the browser has some additional  features such as the Duck Player, which will prevent YouTube from serving targeted ads and prevent user-tracked recommendations. YouTube will still see this as a new view, but the browser will prevent any sort of tracking or information that would contribute to your advertising profile.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DuckDuckGo also claims a superior ad-blocking experience. It says that in addition to blocking ads and cookies, the browser will also clean up the white space that\u2019s typically still there with traditional ad blockers. Users familiar with the Mac beta will be familiar with other features including password management, automatic cookie pop-up handling and <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/duckduckgo-free-email-privacy-service-open-beta-120044215.html\"><ins>email protection<\/ins><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DuckDuckGo first previewed its desktop web browser <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/duckduckgo-desktop-app-browser-privacy-184913408.html\"><ins>in late 2021<\/ins><\/a> and released an initial Mac beta in late 2022. Windows is the latest platform to get an official app. But if you don\u2019t use Mac or Windows, DuckDuckGo is available in search engine support on Google Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox. It\u2019s also available as an app for iOS and Android.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/duckduckgos-privacy-focused-browser-is-now-available-for-windows-120039393.html?src=rss&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Engadget &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/duckduckgos-privacy-focused-browser-is-now-available-for-windows-120039393.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DuckDuckGo&#8217;s privacy-focused browser is now available for Windows<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused alternative to Google, has been working on its own browser. First available on the Mac in open beta late last year, the DuckDuckGo browser is rolling out in beta for Windows starting today. DuckDuckGo says this is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1153097\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1153097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1153097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1153097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1153097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1153097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}