READ MORE: TikTok’s in-app browser can track every tap you makeĭuckDuckGo’s CEO Gabriel Weinberg says that they’ve been trying to change these requirements. The resulting agreement with Microsoft means that it can’t block every Microsoft tracker. That’s because DuckDuckGo uses Bing as a fallback for search in case its own crawler doesn’t find enough relevant results. The company was quick to respond to the claim, saying that yes, Microsoft does have some sort of special treatment. READ MORE: Tim Hortons, a Canadian treasure, has been spying on everyone READ MORE: DuckDuckGo now offers free email protection for everyone Screenshot: Twitter / Zack Edwards That’s against the whole spirit of the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser, and requires some explanation from the company. He noticed that, while the browser was stopping data tracking out to Facebook or Google, that wasn’t happening for Microsoft-owned sites like Bing and LinkedIn. Security researcher Zack Edwards noticed that something weird was happening in an audit of both the iOS and Android versions of the DuckDuckGo browser. That’s not a good look for the privacy-focused browser. DuckDuckGo says that’s due to the “ syndicated search” agreement between the two companies. DuckDuckGo might be the first browser you think of when someone mentions privacy, but it has been allowing third-party tracking from Microsoft.
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