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Answer: No. For those of you who thought DDG respected your privacy, well you're in for a surprise: DuckDuckGo has trackers.

On these two filter lists, EasyList and EasyPrivacy, I've noticed that there were some DDG tracking domains in these lists.

>DDG trackers blacklisted on EasyPrivacy: https://pic8.co/sh/9L2Xji.png

>DDG trackers blacklisted on EasyList: https://pic8.co/sh/omuom5.png, https://pic8.co/sh/5Mwowc.png, https://pic8.co/sh/hi5kCG.png

Although DuckDuckGo is nowhere near as bad as Google Search when it comes to privacy, but for the DDG team to claim that DDG respects your privacy is just a flat out lie. Well, at least DDG can still be used normally even when those trackers are blocked.

If you use , then you don't have to worry about being tracked since it has the EasyList and EasyPrivacy filter lists enabled by default.

For people who already knew about the , the of its , the by the owner of Privacy Browser, and , this is not at all surprising.

**Answer:** No. For those of you who thought DDG respected your privacy, well you're in for a surprise: DuckDuckGo has trackers. On these two filter lists, EasyList and EasyPrivacy, I've noticed that there were some DDG tracking domains in these lists. >>DDG trackers blacklisted on EasyPrivacy: https://pic8.co/sh/9L2Xji.png >>DDG trackers blacklisted on EasyList: https://pic8.co/sh/omuom5.png, https://pic8.co/sh/5Mwowc.png, https://pic8.co/sh/hi5kCG.png Although DuckDuckGo is nowhere near as bad as Google Search when it comes to privacy, but for the DDG team to claim that DDG respects your privacy is just a flat out lie. Well, at least DDG can still be used normally even when those trackers are blocked. If you use [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock), then you don't have to worry about being tracked since it has the EasyList and EasyPrivacy filter lists enabled by default. For people who already knew about the [shady past of DuckDuckGo](https://archive.is/qntuk), the [shady history](https://archive.is/9wR4O) of its [founder](https://archive.is/N2qe8), the [fairly recent discovery](https://www.stoutner.com/new-default-homepage-and-search-engine/) by the owner of Privacy Browser, and [DDG deciding to use Apple Maps for mapping](https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/16/duckduckgo-search-switches-mapping-to-apple-maps/), this is not at all surprising.

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So what search engine then?

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I'd say searx.me, although it's a meta-search engine.