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. “For non-search tracker blocking (eg in our browser), we block most third-party trackers,” Weinberg wrote on Twitter.

ĭuckDuckGo founder and Chief Executive Officer Gabriel Weinberg confirmed the findings. “I tested the DuckDuckGo so-called private browser for both iOS and Android, yet *neither version* blocked data transfers to Microsoft’s Linkedin + Bing ads while viewing Facebook’s workplacecom homepage,” Edwards wrote in a tweet. Earlier this week, security researcher Zach Edwards revealed that even though DuckDuckGo’s browser promises to block third-party tracking scripts on websites, it allows Bing and LinkedIn to use such tracking scripts.

The browser also disables other tracking technologies that serve a similar role as third-party cookies.ĭuckDuckGo partners with Microsoft to deliver ads in its search engine. It blocks third-party cookies, small snippets of data that brands install on users’ computers to track their interests and deliver personalized ads. DuckDuckGo also offers a browser that prevents websites from tracking users.ĭuckDuckGo’s browser is available on iOS, Android and Mac. The startup operates a popular privacy-centric search engine that doesn’t collect user data for advertising purposes. DuckDuckGo confirmed the findings in a statement, adding that it expects “to be doing more soon” about the third-party tracking scripts.ĭuckDuckGo, incorporated as Duck Duck Go Inc., is a Pennsylvania-based startup backed by more than $170 million in funding. The discovery was reported by Bleeping Computer on Tuesday. A researcher has discovered that DuckDuckGo’s privacy-centric browser enables third-party tracking scripts from Microsoft Corp.

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