The privacy-centric search engine company will launch a new macOS browser for its users.
, it’s been downloaded more than 150 million times since it launched in 2018. It’s designed to make privacy simple. Instead of requiring users to dig deep into the browser settings or install third-party plugins to protect their data, it’s private by default. It uses DuckDuckGo’s search, blocks third-party tracking cookies, forces more secure HTTPS connections, and makes closing your tabs and deleting your browsing data a one-tap option via a “Fire Button.
This new Mac beta changes that, though. It’s taking what makes the Privacy Browser great on mobile—privacy by default, no trackers, the data-clearing Fire Button—and adding the features necessary for a solid desktop browser, like a built-in password manager. It even blocks cookie pop-ups and automatically selects the option that installs the least cookies and stops content with embedded trackers on sites like Facebook from loading.
DuckDuckGo hasn’t quite started from scratch with its new browser. While it’s building the interface and features, it uses macOS’s built-inrendering engine to display web pages. This means that, at least on Macs, it is running on the same underlying browser technologies as Safari. This is the same technique that enabled it to build its mobile browser.
While we can’t verify a lot of these claims ourselves yet, we’re big fans of DuckDuckGo in general and have joined the beta waitlist intending to test it as soon as possible. If you want to sign up as well, in the DuckDuckGo mobile browser, go to Settings > DuckDuckGo for Desktop, and click Join the Private Waitlist. You’ll get a push notification with a code when your spot is open. DuckDuckGo is apparently letting people join in waves, so hopefully the wait won’t be too long.
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