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DuckDuckGo developing a robust privacy-focused desktop browser

According to DuckDuckGo, the desktop browser will work on both Mac and Windows devices. DuckDuckGo has revealed its plans for an upcoming desktop app in its latest blog post in which the company’s CEO Gabriel Weinberg shared details of their plans moving forward. DuckDuckGo’s CEO stated that they are developing a standalone desktop browser for […]

DuckDuckGo Will Use Apple Maps For Location Related Queries

DuckDuckGo is knowns as one of the best Google Search alternatives because it values user privacy. Now, the search engine is adding a partner to build on that reputation — Apple. The privacy-focused search engine has announced it will use Apple’s MapKit JS framework, i.e., Apple Maps to power address-related searches. DuckDuckGo users on mobile and […]

DuckDuckGo study claims Google Incognito searches are not private

Google offers customized search results even in Incognito Mode, study. DuckDuckGo claims that Google’s search results aren’t just based on your location data and previous searches normally but also when you are logged out or browsing in incognito mode. It’s a fact that offering personalized and customized search results have been a hallmark of Google. […]

New Privacy Extension and App from DuckDuckGo

It was quite recently that DuckDuckGo, the company that provides the DuckDuckGo search engine (which emphasizes on protecting users’ privacy) came up with a new privacy extension and app. Information security website Help Net Security had reported in January- “DuckDuckGo, the company behind the eponymous privacy-minded Internet search engine, has announced a new browser extension […]

Vivaldi browser puts DuckDuckGo as default search engine for private windows

DuckDuckGo search engine and Vivaldi browser are joining hands together to collaborate and enable a new feature that will protect users privacy like none other. According to a press release, from March 22nd, 2018, Vivaldi browser will become the first browser in the world to enable DuckDuckGo as its default search engine in its Private Windows. This means once Vivaldi users […]

Zeus-Scanner – Advanced Reconnaissance Utility

Zeus is an advanced reconnaissance utility designed to make web application reconnaissance simple. Zeus comes complete with a powerful built-in URL parsing engine, multiple search engine compatibility, the ability to extract URLs from both ban and webcache URLs, the ability to run multiple vulnerability assessments on the target, and is able to bypass search engine […]

How To Search DuckDuckGo From Terminal Using ‘ddgr’?

If you talk to a developer or sysadmin, you’ll realize the importance of command line while working on a Unix-like operating system. In many cases, command line interface lets you access the lower levels of your machine. As a result, there is an abundance of Linux commands that you can use to take control of […]

10 Search Engines Where You Can Surf Anonymously

EhPrivate surfing using the non-public or incognito modes furnished in your browser does no longer come up with the level of privacy you think it does.  In case you definitely don’t want to be tracked and additionally don’t need anyone monitoring your searches, strive those steps with these anonymous search engines . 1.WolframAlpha This is a […]

15 Things That Will Happen If Google Shuts Down For A Day

Short Bytes: What will happen if Google shuts down for a day. We went through different Quora answers and used our thoughts to curate a list of things that might happen when Google will not be functional on the internet for a day. Google runs the most popular search engine service. In fact, most of […]

Some Geeky DuckDuckGo Tricks That Make It Better Than Google

Short Bytes: DuckDuckGo is an anti-Google search engine that claims that it doesn’t track you. In this article, we’ll be telling you some cool DuckDuckGo tricks that will change the way you use your search engine. You might have heard about DuckDuckGo search engine. If not, it’s the search engine that doesn’t track you at all. […]

DuckDuckGo Taunts Google: “You Don’t Need To Track Users To Make Money”

Short Bytes: DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg takes a dig at Google in his AMA session saying, “It is a myth you need to track people to make money in Web search”. There are less evil ways to make money and the self-proclaimed privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo abides by the ethics. Its CEO Gabriel Weinberg, in his […]

DuckDuckGo Search Traffic Grows by 600% After NSA Leaks

Since the last two years, the privacy focused search engine DuckDuckGo has witnessed a phenomenal 600% growth. The search engine was launched back in 2008 by Garbiel Weinberg and nobody expected to make any impression on the search market dominated by Google. Now after the seven years of its launch, this Philadelphia-based startup DuckDuckGo has […]