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(Apple CEO Tim Cook, has described the nature of these technologies as a form of “surveillance.") We’ve seen plenty of incidents in recent years that prove the threat untrammelled collection of personal data poses – this information is used in ways that go far beyond more acceptable uses in advertising, marketing and click-fraud prevention. Unfortunately, the company’s popular Smarter Encryption tool did not make the transition, though Duck Duck Go promises to restore this functionality in future. The new version identifies and blocks more trackers and provides an improved user interface. You can set your Mac up for private search simply by setting Duck Duck Go as your default search engine: Safari>Preferences>Search, select Duck Duck Go.ĭuck Duck Go says it had to make a lot of changes in order to get its new collection of extensions compatible with Safari on a Mac. This handy tool shows you how the extensions enhance each site's privacy – including a Privacy Grade for each place you visit. You can whitelist some sites if you wish, but once you install the Safari extensions they will automatically block hidden third-party trackers on sites you visit. There are two main components: Tracker blocking:

But major structural changes in Safari 12 required the company to remove the software from the Safari extensions gallery.Īpple has made some changes in macOS Catalina, which means the tools can now be offered once again. This isn’t the first time Duck Duck Go has offered these tools to Safari users. The Safari browser extension for macOS includes a range of useful privacy protections, including third-party tracker blocking and a privacy dashboard. iPad and iPhone users can use the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser for iOS. Safari Extensions is also where Duck Duck Go comes in. The private-by-design search engine has introduced its new Privacy Essentials extension for Safari users on Catalina. Duck Duck Go launches better privacy for Macs It is also why Apple continues its work to ensure AI-based decisions take place on your device, rather than in the cloud. This is why you are told what information extensions can access when installed, and also why developers of content-blocking solutions aren’t actually able to access your browsing data.