
And we face many constraints: platform constraints (we can’t offer all protections on every platform do to limited APIs or other restrictions), limited contractual constraints (like in this case), breakage constraints (blocking some things totally breaks web experiences), and of course the evolving tracking arms race that we constantly work to keep ahead of. ‘I know our product is not perfect and will never be. He continued: ‘Because we’re doing this where we can, users are still getting significantly more privacy protection with DuckDuckGo than they would using Safari, Firefox and other browsers. All you have to do is type cheatsheet next to a query for an app, language, or service, and DuckDuckGo will list common shortcuts or the basics of your search term.Gabriel Weinberg is the CEO and founder of DuckDuckGo (Credits: DuckDuckGo) It can help you find keyboard shortcuts for your favorite app and learn the basics of popular programming languages. CheatsheetsĬheatsheets are a somewhat lesser-known feature of DuckDuckGo, but it can be quite helpful in enhancing your productivity. Note: As of this writing in December 2022, app tracking protection is still in beta but available to all Android users. Once the feature is active, you’ll be able to see how many trackers were blocked, including from which companies and in which apps.

The feature will ask you to set up a VPN connection to monitor data traffic from your apps (none of this data is sent to DuckDuckGo servers, though). You’ll find it in the “More from DuckDuckGo” section. And then, go to Settings in the app and enable the feature.

To use app tracking protection, install DuckDuckGo for Android on your phone if you don’t already have it.
