In the past users were always free to manually add alternatives to the existing choices, which included Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask and AOL in the U.S. Most notably, DuckDuckGo has now become one of those options in 60 markets around the world.ĭDG joins the list.

There's also a quick link to Create new Duck Address when you open the extension.Google has reportedly introduced new options into the list of potential “default” search engines available to Chrome users. In your desktop web browser, click the DuckDuckGo extension icon, then the cog button, then Settings and Email Protection. There aren't many settings for Email Protection, but you can get to them in the mobile DuckDuckGo app by tapping the menu button (the three dots) and then Settings and Email Protection. It's not the most elegant way of managing your email addresses, but it does the job. To delete one of your private email addresses-perhaps if you're getting too much spam sent to it or you've stopped using the app that you used it to sign up for-you need to find an email sent to this address, then click More on the summary at the top of the message, then choose Deactivate next to the email address. At the bottom there's a feedback form you can use to report any problems with the service (remember, it's still in beta.) If the service has been able to upgrade any of the links to secure HTTPS-another perk of Email Protection-then again this will be outlined on the same page.

Click More on this summary to get more detail, including the specific tracking tools that have been stripped out of the message.

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