Reviews for DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection
DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection by DuckDuckGo
Review by Firefox user 13707739
Rated 1 out of 5
by Firefox user 13707739, 8 years agoBad tracking protection!
It doesn't block lots of trackers.
* Nope, no extension conflicts.
* I didn't look numbers. I took into account just what your own extension detailed as blocked. And sadly, your extension didn't catch several trackers.
* I read your extension uses something from EasyList + something from Disconnect + something from you. Well, something went wrong, and nope, your extension doesn't catch trackers and webgarbage as other extensions catch. Your extension has a poor tracking protection.
It doesn't block lots of trackers.
* Nope, no extension conflicts.
* I didn't look numbers. I took into account just what your own extension detailed as blocked. And sadly, your extension didn't catch several trackers.
* I read your extension uses something from EasyList + something from Disconnect + something from you. Well, something went wrong, and nope, your extension doesn't catch trackers and webgarbage as other extensions catch. Your extension has a poor tracking protection.
Developer response
posted 8 years agoWould it be possible to reach out to us directly to better understand what is going on? You can email open at duckduckgo.
We are using the same filter lists as other extensions in addition to our own changes, and so we should be blocking similarly and are in all our tests. If you’re not seeing that it could be because you have multiple blocking extensions installed and we are not seeing those requests. In any case, would love to get to the bottom of it if you don’t mind reaching out.
We should also point out you shouldn’t look at numbers because one thing we did to be more informative is group requests into tracker networks. So, for example, if there were 50 trackers from the same network, it would only count as 1 tracker network blocked, but we block all 50 requests.
We are using the same filter lists as other extensions in addition to our own changes, and so we should be blocking similarly and are in all our tests. If you’re not seeing that it could be because you have multiple blocking extensions installed and we are not seeing those requests. In any case, would love to get to the bottom of it if you don’t mind reaching out.
We should also point out you shouldn’t look at numbers because one thing we did to be more informative is group requests into tracker networks. So, for example, if there were 50 trackers from the same network, it would only count as 1 tracker network blocked, but we block all 50 requests.
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more advanced control could be appreciate - Rated 5 out of 5by Lilith D. Bracken, 11 days agoThis extension is great for keeping your searches and browsing more private. It blocks trackers and prevents sites from collecting unnecessary data while you browse. Everything works automatically in the background, so you don’t have to adjust settings constantly. It makes searching and visiting websites feel safer and cleaner, and it’s a simple way to protect your privacy without extra hassle.
- Rated 3 out of 5by displayName, 23 days agoI had this installed for a few years, since recently it breaks, i.e. removes a range of essential button panels on my university website.
- Rated 2 out of 5by ForgottenUmbrella, 2 months agoincredibly stupid that you need to install a whole extension just to generate email aliases
- Rated 5 out of 5by Thomas, 2 months agoI love this, a combination with Firefox and DuckDuckGo has some privacy, try it!
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19437660, 2 months ago
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- Rated 3 out of 5by minneyb.BITeC/OtisRef, 2 months agoCertain domains that you are not letting track any of my IP/TCP information. What good is that when they need that information?
- Rated 3 out of 5by Brahvim, 2 months ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ Π ΦΟΡΤΣΑΣ, 4 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 19098892, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 19003975, 4 months ago/storage/emulated/0/Download/tracker-blocklists-main-2
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 18893378, 4 months agoNot as good as Privacy Badger, only reason to use is to know safe website is which is bery handy and reason I will rate it 4 stars, but as a blocker it claims site breakage if some things are blocked which I noticed is often false so use Privacy Badger or another one that blocks even more if you do your reasearch, yes it exists although nobody tells you of course in this day and age only info is mostly lies and ai bots, so if you are human like me than keep searching for it you will eventually find it, it isn't bought out by the evil corps that love to ruin everything once good. P.S. Duckduckgo is fairly junky in terms of finding good results you will end up with tons of stuff that you didn't even search for, better off using brave or presearch because it's not owned by the evil corps that don't care about us except making money.
- Rated 3 out of 5by MGJ Sakazaki, 4 months ago
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