With Unique Private Duck Addresses, when you are browsing different websites, DuckDuckGo automatically detects email fields so you have the option to generate a unique Private Duck Address for additional protection against email address profiling. 'Email Protection works seamlessly in the background to deliver your more-private emails right to your inbox,' the company added. Since your email addresses are connected to so much of what you do online - making purchases, using social media, and more - tracking companies can also effectively use your personal email address as a profiling identifier. Companies can use this information to build a profile about you,' said DuckDuckGo. 'In our closed Email Protection beta, we found that approximately 85 per cent of beta testers' emails contained hidden email trackers. On desktop, you can navigate to /email while using a DuckDuckGo browser extension (Firefox/Chrome/Edge/Brave) or DuckDuckGo for Mac (beta).Ĭompanies embed trackers in images and links within email messages, letting them collect information like when you've opened a message, where you were when you opened it, and what device you were using. To sign up in the DuckDuckGo mobile app (iOS/Android), upgrade to the latest version and then open Settings and select Email Protection. 'We've also added new features like Link Tracking Protection that helps prevent tracking in email links, Smarter Encryption that helps with unencrypted email links, and the ability to reply directly from your Duck Addresses,' said the company. Users can generate a free email address and intercepts email trackers before they reach their personal inboxes.ĭuckDuckGo Email Protection is a free email forwarding service that removes multiple types of hidden email trackers and lets users create unlimited unique private email addresses on the fly - without switching email providers or apps.

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