DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser Android App Review
DuckDuckGo for Android is a simplified browser reeling mainly on the privacy and protection of data as you browse. The idea of user privacy is that when you search or when you browse the Web, Websites are blocked from tracking you. DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser protects you from those creepy ads that show up as you browse thereby giving you non intrusive browsing experience.
A pretty decent browser in its own right
DuckDuckGo for Android provides the much needed privacy that helps you seamlessly take control of your personal information on what or where your browsing takes you. Apart escaping advertising trackers, it also increases encryption protection, searches privately and decodes privacy policies. The app shows a privacy grading when you visit websites. Rating range from A – F. At a glance, you will know how protected each websites are. Ad tracking networks are used by companies like Google and Facebook to follow users around the web, connecting their browsing history to create a more accurate profile for targeted advertising. The ability to block these ad tracking networks is probably the most important feature of DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser. The browser will expose and block these trackers when it can find them.
The quality of search results us another highlight of DuckDuckGo. In Google Search, the results are conditioned by the history of your previous searches. The app gives you the ability to switch to local region you are searching in thereby giving you more options and honest results. Bangs are another useful feature of DuckDuckGo. A bang is a search style where you type an ! followed by a letter and then type your search query to instantly search on a particular site.
Conclusion
Though a small duck in a big pond, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser for Android recently celebrated 10 billion searches since its inception. This shows that the appetite for online privacy is getting stronger and DuckDuckGo had made privacy a mission.
Category: Free Android Apps
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