The DuckDuckGo web browser is already available for Windows in public beta and promises to be a development fast and easy with “best in class privacy protection”.

DuckDuckGo is known as an alternative to the search engines of industry giants such as Google Search, Microsoft Bing or Yahoo!. An open source development committed to privacy as its core function (and is actually the default engine in the TOR browser) that decided to launch its own browser some time ago.

Last year, it released mobile versions for iOS and Android, as well as for Mac. Now comes a Windows version with the same approach: Privacy. Since it’s based on Chromium (like many others) and uses the WebView2 rendering engine, it should load pages similarly to Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Once you install it, you’ll be able to import bookmarks from other installed browsers, manage its interface, and set it to work as your default if needed.

What the DuckDuckGo web browser offers

The company has highlighted the main benefits it says a user who uses its browser will get. And these are the ones we knew from the macOS version:

• Blocking the tracker which goes beyond what’s available in Chrome and other browsers by blocking hidden trackers from companies like Google and Facebook before they even have a chance to load.
• Duck playera YouTube player that lets you watch YouTube videos without privacy-invading ads and prevents your views from influencing recommendations.​​​​
• smarter encryption than other browsers to ensure that most websites you visit and links you click on are encrypted.
• Manage pop-up cookies. A tool that automatically selects the most private options available and hides cookie consent popups.

• fire button to delete recent browsing data with one click. There is also a “fireproof” option for all sites you are connected to.
• mail protectionwhich can hide email address with @duck.com unique addresses during online registration.

The DuckDuckGo web browser is now freely available for all versions of Windows. It’s in beta, so it’s recommended for testing only. As in other similar cases, we recommend it don’t block ads for your favorite sites if you want them to survive…