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Is DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection safe?

This security report analyses whether DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection is safe to install on your browser. We check DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection for malicious behaviour, data exfiltration, suspicious permissions, and known vulnerabilities so you can decide if DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection is safe for your personal or enterprise fleet.

Low risk

Official DuckDuckGo privacy extension; all network calls are to DuckDuckGo's own infrastructure and disclosed service APIs aligned with the stated privacy protection purpose. One minor unguarded postMessage handler exists in an internal content-scope-messaging subsystem, though it is protected by a shared secret token mechanism.

0Risk

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