Lest we forget, Google is being sued for signing users into Chrome if they use the browser to visit any Google-owned website, all in the name of convenience and a passwordless future. Google benefits because it can then serve you accurately targeted ads, and the partner website or service benefits because it earns from the ad income. Other websites and services are also using similar methods, prompting users to sign in with their Google accounts.ĭuckDuckGo paints a particularly cynical picture of the rise of such Google sign-in requests, suggesting that Google's promoting its tool as a win-win, letting it manage the tracking while sites reap the rewards. It's nigh impossible to scroll through Instagram or Twitter without an account - both apps hide content and continually prompt users to sign in before proceeding. Plenty of sites these days are particularly aggressive when it comes to asking users to log in. This mode actively suppresses those spammy sign-in prompts which detract from the user experience and tempt visitors to consent to Google-backed tracking, You can get DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials for the desktop version of Safari at this link.DuckDuckGo’s browser and extensions now offer what it's calling Google Sign-in Pop-Up Protection. It will set your browser’s default search engine and homepage to DuckDuckGo, block. You’ll quickly know how protected you are, even at a glance.” The DuckDuckGo extension assesses the privacy posture of every site you visit and assigns a privacy grade. The Privacy Dashboard takes the guesswork out of online privacy by showing you how we enhance each site’s privacy, including showing a Privacy Grade.
“While our tracker blocking technology works quietly in the background, there are times when you might want to see the effect it’s having. The new DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, however, lacks the Smarter Encryption technology for enforcing secure website connections, although the company says it will restore this functionality to Safari soon as well. This prevents the companies behind those trackers from collecting and selling your data.
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, which were removed from the Safari extensions gallery due to some major structural changes in Safari 12, have once again become available and require Safari 13+ on macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or newer to be installed.įor those who aren’t familiar, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials feature a powerful tracker blocking technology to automatically block hidden third-party trackers on the sites you visit.
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