DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
Simple and seamless privacy protection for your browser: tracker blocking, cookie protection, DuckDuckGo private search, email protection, HTTPS upgrading, and much more.
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials: Protect Your Browsing
"DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials" is a Firefox add-on designed to provide comprehensive privacy protection during online activities. This extension offers protection from 3rd-party trackers, safeguards your emails from tracking, enforces secure HTTPS connections wherever possible, and offers much more. It also comes with additional special features to help stop companies from collecting your browsing data, blocking link tracking, and disrupting deceptive Google AMP links.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2 Overrides search engine
By: DuckDuckGo
Rating: 4.35 
4 new ratings
(2,265)
Weekly download count: 8,100
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- contextMenus
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- *://*/*
- webNavigation
- activeTab
- tabs
- storage
- <all_urls>
- alarms
Size: 3.09M
URLs: Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
# 10
Other platforms
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Great performance on Firefox for Desktop
- User-friendly interface
- Non-intrusive design
Cons
- Limited effectiveness in finding specific content
- Lack of availability on Firefox for Android
- Concerns about privacy changes
Most mentioned
- Performance compared to other search engines
- Desire for Android support
- Privacy concerns
User reviews
by hesoyam, 2025-03-07
by fixerfox007, 2025-03-05
by Bullfinch, 2025-03-04
Add-on safety
Risk impact
DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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