These browsers use a completely different model: They sell products and use your data to improve those products. To date, there is no indication that either Microsoft‘s Edge or Apple’s Safari sells the data it gathers. But even if you do, know that Google’s business model monetizes data.
Therefore, you could change your Google Chrome settings to meet your privacy preferences. The fact is that any data collected could eventually find its way onto the dark web and be used for phishing attempts or other cyber crime. Worse still is that they do not disclose to you which entity has bought your data. Their users’ data is the “product” they are selling for profit, usually to advertisers. They offer their products and services for free and make their money by selling data - your data. Google and Facebook both have similar data models called surveillance capitalism. However, you'll get more with Google search results, such as recent tweets, People Also Ask and videos, than you'll get with DuckDuckGo.Surveillance Capitalism and How Your Data Is Used
As with Google, you can narrow your search to images, videos, news, maps and shopping.ĭuckDuckGo's results pages look fairly similar to Google's, with knowledge panels, news carousels and related searches. Type your query into the search bar and get your results. How to use DuckDuckGoĭuckDuckGo isn't all that different from any other search engine. If you prefer to use DuckDuckGo as your default search engine within Safari, Firefox, or Brave, follow the steps on DuckDuckGo's help pages. Adding DuckDuckGo on mobileĭuckDuckGo has browsing apps for both iOS and Android. You can also get the Privacy Essentials add-on. Open the dropdown menu next to Search Engine Used in the Address Bar and select DuckDuckGo.
Scroll all the way down the page and, under the Services heading, click Address Bar and Search. (Image credit: Microsoft/Screenshot by Tom's Guide) The setting to make DuckDuckGo the default search engine in Microsoft Edge.
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