Privacy Essentials
duckduckgo.com/app
Simple extension by DuckDuckGo, which grades the security of each site. Download:
Chrome
Firefox
- Homepage: duckduckgo.com/app
- GitHub: github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-privacy-extension
- Privacy: tosdr.org/en/service/222
- Web info: web-check.xyz/results/duckduckgo.com
Privacy Essentials Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Summary
- https is not used by default
- There is a date of the last update of the terms
- Allows connecting to the service encrypted over HTTPS
- Allows connecting to the service anonymously over Tor, and operates a Tor exit enclave
- no pseudonym allowed (relevant for billing)
- HTTPS is always enabled
- You waive your moral rights
- No need to register
- The service makes critical changes to its terms without user involvement
- No Tracking
- This service takes credit for your content
- This service provides an onion site accessible over Tor
- Your browsing history can be viewed by the service
- This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation
- The service disables software that you are not licensed to use.
- This service provides an onion site accessible over Tor
- You can delete your account and Duck Addresses
- Conditions may change, but your continued acceptance is not inferred from an earlier acceptance flow
- This service provides archives of their terms of service so that changes can be viewed over time
- The cookies used by this service do not contain information that would personally identify you
- This service does not track you
- IP addresses of website visitors are not tracked
- Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.
Score
Documents
- Privacy PolicyCreated 17 Jul 18, Last modified 2 months ago
- Commercial TermsCreated 12 Apr 24, Last modified 2 months ago
Domains Covered by Policy
- duckduckgo.com
- 3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion
- spreadprivacy.com
- duckduckhack.com
- donttrack.us
- duck.co
- duck.com
About the Data
This data is kindly provided by tosdr.org. Read full report at: #222
Privacy Essentials Source Code
Author
Description
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension for Firefox, Chrome.
Homepage
https://duckduckgo.com/appLicense
Apache-2.0
Created
11 Dec 17
Last Updated
17 Jan 25
Latest version
Primary Language
JavaScript
Size
116,309 KB
Stars
1,283
Forks
255
Watchers
1,283
Language Usage
Star History
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Recent Commits
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Schema for ad-click attribution pixels (#2892) * Schema for ad-click attribution pixels * Update pixel-definitions/pixels/ad_click_attribution.json Co-authored-by: Steven Englehardt <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Steven Englehardt <[email protected]>
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Release 2025.1.15 [ci release] (#2903) Co-authored-by: sammacbeth <[email protected]>
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Marcos Gurgel (15 Jan 25)
Updated Privacy Dashboard to 8.0.0 (#2900)
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GH Actions: Rollback to ubuntu 22.04 for puppeteer-based actions. (#2901) Fixes no-sandbox error.
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Release 2025.1.10 [ci release] (#2891) Co-authored-by: sammacbeth <[email protected]>
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Bump jsdom from 24.1.1 to 24.1.3 (#2878) Bumps [jsdom](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom) from 24.1.1 to 24.1.3. - [Release notes](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/blob/main/Changelog.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/compare/24.1.1...24.1.3) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: jsdom dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-patch ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump sass from 1.83.0 to 1.83.1 in the build group (#2883) Bumps the build group with 1 update: [sass](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass). Updates `sass` from 1.83.0 to 1.83.1 - [Release notes](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/compare/1.83.0...1.83.1) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: sass dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: build ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Stop using XRay in Firefox (#2852) * Testing firefox mv3 content-script injection * Fix some C-S-S paths for dev builds * Encode content script messages (objects are not supported in FF) * Revert the temporary makefile change (bundle contents is changed in C-S-S) * WIP: temporarily pin to a dev c-s-s branch * Bump C-S-S version * WIP temporary pin to a dev C-S-S branch * WIP Pin to a specific C-S-S commit * Bump c-s-s version --------- Co-authored-by: Sam Macbeth <[email protected]>
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Implement target conditions on rollouts. (#2889)
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el-note (08 Jan 25)
fixed-typographical-errors (#2831)
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Implement the 'rollout' config option for percentage rollouts of sub-features (#2880) * Initial remote config component wrapper * Initial rollout implementation and start porting Android tests * Remaining rollout tests * Properly mock extension version * Use post-processed config in static methods * Comment how rollout works * Lint * Add privacy-configuration as a dev dependency * Fix bad merge * Move config ResourceLoader into it's own component * Move config process to class method * Rename config to remoteConfig for clarity
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Anastasia Shuba (08 Jan 25)
Add privacy review workflow (#2877) * add privacy review workflow * use Dax token
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Remove deprecated duckduckgo-colors dependency; fix sass warnings (#2881) * Remove deprecated duckduckgo-colors dependency * Migrate sass @import to @use
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Use injected path for bundleTrackers.mjs (#2888)
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Bump @duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts from 6.43.0 to 6.44.0 (#2886) Bumps [@duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts](https://github.com/duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts) from 6.43.0 to 6.44.0. - [Release notes](https://github.com/duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts/compare/bc808eb735d9eb72d5c54cf2452b104b6a370e25...09b457c0337dfb56e387576d36849c55518d9f16) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: "@duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts" dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump to node 22 (#2867)
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Document pixels sent by the extension (#2875) * Specify breakage report pixels * First autofill pixel * Tidy up parameter definitions * Add pixel validation to lint check * Fix validation path * Schema improvements * Re-add pixel-schema dependency
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Bump mocha from 10.8.2 to 11.0.1 (#2851) Bumps [mocha](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha) from 10.8.2 to 11.0.1. - [Release notes](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/compare/v10.8.2...v11.0.1) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: mocha dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-major ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump prettier from 3.3.3 to 3.4.2 (#2845) Bumps [prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier) from 3.3.3 to 3.4.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/prettier/prettier/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/prettier/prettier/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/prettier/prettier/compare/3.3.3...3.4.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: prettier dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump cross-spawn from 7.0.3 to 7.0.6 (#2818) Bumps [cross-spawn](https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn) from 7.0.3 to 7.0.6. - [Changelog](https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/moxystudio/node-cross-spawn/compare/v7.0.3...v7.0.6) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: cross-spawn dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump @fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1 (#2771) Bumps [@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs](https://github.com/fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs) from 4.5.0 to 4.5.1. - [Release notes](https://github.com/fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs/compare/v4.5.0...v4.5.1) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: "@fingerprintjs/fingerprintjs" dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-patch ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump @eslint/plugin-kit from 0.2.1 to 0.2.4 (#2876) Bumps [@eslint/plugin-kit](https://github.com/eslint/rewrite) from 0.2.1 to 0.2.4. - [Release notes](https://github.com/eslint/rewrite/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/eslint/rewrite/blob/main/release-please-config.json) - [Commits](https://github.com/eslint/rewrite/compare/plugin-kit-v0.2.1...plugin-kit-v0.2.4) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: "@eslint/plugin-kit" dependency-type: indirect ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump typescript from 5.6.3 to 5.7.2 (#2821) Bumps [typescript](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript) from 5.6.3 to 5.7.2. - [Release notes](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/blob/main/azure-pipelines.release.yml) - [Commits](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/compare/v5.6.3...v5.7.2) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: typescript dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump jasmine and @types/jasmine (#2850) Bumps [jasmine](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine-npm) and [@types/jasmine](https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/HEAD/types/jasmine). These dependencies needed to be updated together. Updates `jasmine` from 5.4.0 to 5.5.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine-npm/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine-npm/blob/main/RELEASE.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine-npm/compare/v5.4.0...v5.5.0) Updates `@types/jasmine` from 5.1.4 to 5.1.5 - [Release notes](https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/commits/HEAD/types/jasmine) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: jasmine dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-minor - dependency-name: "@types/jasmine" dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-patch ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump dexie from 4.0.9 to 4.0.10 (#2816) Bumps [dexie](https://github.com/dexie/Dexie.js) from 4.0.9 to 4.0.10. - [Release notes](https://github.com/dexie/Dexie.js/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/dexie/Dexie.js/compare/v4.0.9...v4.0.10) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: dexie dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump @playwright/test in the test group across 1 directory (#2860) Bumps the test group with 1 update in the / directory: [@playwright/test](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright). Updates `@playwright/test` from 1.48.1 to 1.49.1 - [Release notes](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/compare/v1.48.1...v1.49.1) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: "@playwright/test" dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-minor dependency-group: test ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump zod from 3.23.8 to 3.24.1 (#2861) Bumps [zod](https://github.com/colinhacks/zod) from 3.23.8 to 3.24.1. - [Release notes](https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/compare/v3.23.8...v3.24.1) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: zod dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-minor ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump @duckduckgo/privacy-reference-tests from `6133e7d` to `a75e09f` (#2868) Bumps [@duckduckgo/privacy-reference-tests](https://github.com/duckduckgo/privacy-reference-tests) from `6133e7d` to `a75e09f`. - [Release notes](https://github.com/duckduckgo/privacy-reference-tests/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/duckduckgo/privacy-reference-tests/compare/6133e7d9d9cd5f1b925cab1971b4d785dc639df7...a75e09ff6bfff0709e6a457f1c3478326cbb3dc5) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: "@duckduckgo/privacy-reference-tests" dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump @duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts from 6.34.0 to 6.43.0 (#2870) Bumps [@duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts](https://github.com/duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts) from 6.34.0 to 6.43.0. - [Release notes](https://github.com/duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts/compare/695412097915d14e0d977f7c11f979af6448bd8c...bc808eb735d9eb72d5c54cf2452b104b6a370e25) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: "@duckduckgo/content-scope-scripts" dependency-type: direct:production ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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Bump the build group across 1 directory with 2 updates (#2869) Bumps the build group with 2 updates in the / directory: [esbuild](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild) and [sass](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass). Updates `esbuild` from 0.24.0 to 0.24.2 - [Release notes](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/compare/v0.24.0...v0.24.2) Updates `sass` from 1.79.5 to 1.83.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/sass/dart-sass/compare/1.79.5...1.83.0) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: esbuild dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: build - dependency-name: sass dependency-type: direct:development update-type: version-update:semver-minor dependency-group: build ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Privacy Essentials Website
Website
DuckDuckGo — Privacy, simplified.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Redirects
Redirects to https://html.duckduckgo.com/html
Security Checks
All 66 security checks passed
Server Details
- IP Address 52.149.246.39
- Location Washington, Virginia, United States of America, NA
- ISP Microsoft Corporation
- ASN AS8075
Associated Countries
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US
Saftey Score
Website marked as safe
100%
Blacklist Check
duckduckgo.com was found on 0 blacklists
- ThreatLog
- OpenPhish
- PhishTank
- Phishing.Database
- PhishStats
- URLhaus
- RPiList Not Serious
- AntiSocial Blacklist
- PhishFeed
- NABP Not Recommended Sites
- Spam404
- CRDF
- Artists Against 419
- CERT Polska
- PetScams
- Suspicious Hosting IP
- Phishunt
- CoinBlockerLists
- MetaMask EthPhishing
- EtherScamDB
- EtherAddressLookup
- ViriBack C2 Tracker
- Bambenek Consulting
- Badbitcoin
- SecureReload Phishing List
- Fake Website Buster
- TweetFeed
- CryptoScamDB
- StopGunScams
- ThreatFox
- PhishFort
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