![]() Holistically though I believe what we offer is the best thing out there for mainstream users who want simple privacy protection without breaking things, and that is our product vision. We're also working on updates to our app store descriptions to make this more clear. That's why we have always been extremely careful to never promise anonymity when browsing outside our search engine, because that frankly isn't possible. And we face many constraints: platform constraints (we can't offer all protections on every platform do to limited APIs or other restrictions), limited contractual constraints (like in this case), breakage constraints (blocking some things totally breaks web experiences), and of course the evolving tracking arms race that we constantly work to keep ahead of. ![]() "Taking a step back, I know our product is not perfect and will never be," Weinberg wrote in a Reddit statement. The popular children’s game Duck, duck goose inspired the name of this private search engine. It was created in 2008 by Gabriel Weinberg and has its headquarters in Pennsylvania, the United States. In an additional statement, Weinberg reiterated that DuckDuckGo never promised "100% privacy protection," as that's not possible for various reasons. DuckDuckGo is an internet search engine that prioritizes your online privacy. However, we have been continually pushing and expect to be doing more soon." "Unfortunately our Microsoft search syndication agreement prevents us from doing more to Microsoft-owned properties. in our browser), we block most third-party trackers," said DuckDuckGo CEO and founder Gabriel Weinberg. Since the discovery, DuckDuckGo has been transparent about the involvement, and has made promises to increase privacy protection from Microsoft trackers.
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