DuckDuckGo has launched a beta version of their browser app for Mac and is planning an upcoming launch of a Windows version.
The new Mac app comes with DuckDuckGo’s search engine, a built-in password manager, tracker blocking and Smarter Encryption, a tool that accesses the secure, HTTPS version of a webpage (most of the time). DuckDuckGo for Mac protects against cookie pop-ups (currently on half of sites, but DuckDuckGo says this will increase in beta) and also includes email protection, an email forwarding feature that removes trackers from emails. It also allows users to view tracking attempts and delete data stored on different websites.
The company claims that by blocking trackers, its browser runs quickly and minimizes data usage and it also says that it won’t have access to data from the app, including passwords and browser history, but …
