DuckDuckGo's new app and extensions block ad trackers and grade websites on privacy

If you prefer that your internet searches not be subject to the all-seeing eye in Mountain View, the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo search engine has got you covered (almost literally). Now with a souped-up browser extension and mobile app, DuckDuckGo is expanding its blanket of privacy across the entire web. In its announcement, DuckDuckGo compares website tracking to a nosey neighbor, only more cyber-dystopian. "It's a vast array of highly sophisticated tracker networks, run by big companies like Google and Facebook, recording everything you do online, often without your knowledge, and selling their findings to the highest bidder via targeted ads." Users are "misled" into thinking that opening an incognito tab on their browser fully shields them from the panopticon. Read More DuckDuckGo's new app and extensions block ad trackers and grade websites on privacy was written by the awesome team at Android Police. Android Match ae http://androidmatch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default