DuckDuckGo launches privacy-focused Windows web browser

DuckDuckGo launches their privacy focused web browser in beta for Windows

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What you need to know

DuckDuckGo announced their privacy focused web browser today. It’s already available for macOS, Android and iOS, and is now available for Windows in beta form.

Here are some of thefeatures included according to DuckDuckGo:

Here’s a brief quote from the announcement:

Windows users, this one’s for you! Starting today, our desktop browser for Windows is officially in public beta – no invite codes, no waiting list, just a fast, lightweight browser that makes the Internet less creepy and less cluttered. DuckDuckGo for Windows is already equipped with nearly all the privacy protections and everyday features that users know and trust from our iOS, Mac, and Android browsers – and it’s getting closer to parity with those browsers every day.

Note there that it says “nearly all the privacy protections and everyday features…”. There are a number of things missing from the initial release of the browser, such as:

DuckDuckGo does say these are on its product roadmap so we’ll have to see when these features arrive, but be aware that you’ll bemissing these protectionsthat you may be using in other versions.

These features should be added in the weeks and months ahead until it hopefully reaches parity with the Mac version, but until then it’s still bringing something new to the table compared to other desktop browsers and it will be worth taking a look at.

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