Is DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection safe?
Sets DuckDuckGo as the default search and adds tracker, cookie, HTTPS, and fingerprinting protections while browsing.
This extension changes your default search engine and homepage to DuckDuckGo Search. It blocks many third-party trackers and tracking cookies, enforces HTTPS on many sites, adds fingerprinting and link-tracking protections, and includes optional Duck.ai and Email Protection features described by DuckDuckGo.
Who publishes itDuck Duck Go, Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Duck Duck Go, Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2026.1.12. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
*://*/*
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
See which of your requests its blocking rules matched
declarativeNetRequestFeedback
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection sends data to DuckDuckGo. Named as a recipient by 5 other extensions we have analysed.
- third-party AI models
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection sends data to third-party AI models. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.