Get started by going to DuckDuckGo’s website and clicking the Set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine option.įrom the popup, click the Here button to add DDG as a search engine in Chrome.
Google doesn’t really make it easy to switch the default search engine to DuckDuckGo.
If you use lots of extensions as well, Firefox does not have as large a library as Chrome, but all the popular ones are there and many others that are safe and privacy-focused. It has a very similar interface to Chrome, and in my experience, is just as fast as Chrome AND uses less computer resources. I also use uBlock Origin with Firefox too. I used to use Chrome, but switched to Firefox with DuckDuckGo for privacy, as Firefox has many inbuilt tracker blockers you can enable which are very effective. Do this if you don't want to switch browsers. I would recommend using an extension like uBlock Origin, which will block most if not all Google trackers AND trackers from other sites (along with ads) and you should also disable cookies (unless a site requires them to work). So Google no longer tracks just your searches, they track your cross-site activity too!įor example, Google has 5 trackers on this website, SuperUser, so they have that data on you So in the end, just simply switching search engines won't make a HUGE difference. However, almost ALL websites (non-Google websites included) nowadays have multiple Google trackers embedded in them, which you are unaware of.
Changing only your search engine won't make a big difference all, if your aim is to stop Google from tracking all your online activity - using DuckDuckGo will prevent Google from tracking your exact searches, and as such giving you slightly more privacy.
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