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# DuckDuckGo Updates Their Extension and Browser, Complete with Privacy Grades
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/duckduckgo-updates-their-extension-and-browser-complete-with-privacy-grades/
- Published: 2018-01-23T13:30:15.000Z
- Updated: 2018-01-23T13:30:15.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[DuckDuck Go on their company blog:](https://spreadprivacy.com/privacy-simplified/?ref=birchtree.me)

> Today we're excited to launch fully revamped versions of our browser extension and mobile app, extending DuckDuckGo's protection beyond the search box to wherever the Internet takes you. 

I don’t know if I’ll use their iOS/Android browser, but I’ve already installed the desktop extension and have checked out a few of my favorite sites. I think it would be great if tons of people installed this and got a sense for how private (or not) the websites they visit are.

In the interest of transparency, BirchTree gets a “C” grade from DuckDuckGo due to the fact they don’t have a read on my privacy practices and that I use of several trackers they felt worth blocking. I use:

- Google Analytics for web traffic stats
- Carbon Ads for website revenue (way better for your privacy than just about any other ad company)
- WordPress has its own built in stats that I use as a backup in case something happens to my Google account
![](https://birchtree.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-7.13.53-AM.png) 

For fun, I also looked at Facebook to see what DuckDuckGo thought of them. The results were as I expected:

![](https://birchtree.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-23-at-7.15.42-AM.png)