DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

Simple and seamless privacy protection for your browser.

Total ratings

4.26 (Rating count: 2,058)

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Pros
  • Enhances privacy by blocking tracking requests.
  • Provides Email Protection features to hide email addresses.
  • Encrypts connections to websites using HTTPS where available.
  • User-friendly extension with a Privacy Dashboard.
  • Great for browsing without being tracked.
Cons
  • Interferes with certain features like Google Lens and Gmail.
  • Issues with generating private email addresses.
  • Some websites may break or not function properly.
  • Replacement of the default new tab page limits customization options.
  • Recently reported performance issues and errors.
Most mentioned
  • Privacy features
  • Issues with Email Protection
  • Compatibility problems with Gmail
  • Broken features like Generate Private Duck Address
  • Overall user satisfaction and frustration with certain updates
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Recent rating average: 3.20
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2024-09-14
Derek Gledhill
en I like the privacy features, but when I enable this extension it prevents 'search with Google Lens' from working in Chrome. And while I don't use search with Google Lens a lot, it's very annoying when I want to and have to go and disable this extension to use it!
2024-09-05
Paul “ScubaMan-1970” Neem
en This extension works for most of my ChromeOS activity. Sometimes, I have to switch over to a 100% Google search to find esoteric topics. Otherwise, IT JUST WORKS. Thanks. {{edit - on Linux Mate, DDGo errors out on Chromium}}
2024-09-02
Jorge Blanco Alvarado
2024-08-17
Paulo
pt Depois de muita busca (o buscador e Google Play Store ficaram devendo) eu encontrei: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/duckduckgo-privacy-essent/bkdgflcldnnnapblkhphbgpggdiikppg?pli=1 Só não entendi o por quê do Chrome temer o DDG. Ainda configurando para testa-lo melhor. Espero que o problema do deleta/reinstala, deleta/reinstala não ocorra como ocorre no Crhome. Guardo no pen drive Chrome.EXE no caso de um "acidente" Basta saber como ele vai interagir com as extensões que tenho no meu PC.
2024-08-16
Gary Hermann
en When i visit a site like google, the extension says that NO TRACKING REQUESTS WERE BLOCKED and THIRD PARTY REQUESTS LOADED. I thought that the duckduckgo browser extension was supposed to stop this?!
2024-08-13
Uriele Jonah Haydn
en the extension is greyed out, opening the popup displays nothing and accessing options menu won't let you change anything. tried with both Edge and Chrome store versions. Clearing data won't do it. Latest Edge beta.
2024-08-09
Take Some Risk
en getting this issue - Generate Private Duck Address - broken, same address all the time. There is no sense in any other feature.
2024-08-05
User Google
en Generate Private Duck Address - broken, same address all the time. There is no sense in any other feature.
2024-08-02
Jake Speed
en I won't surf the web without it.
2024-08-01
Ab. Waheed
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