If you click on a link that leads to YouTube in the regular search results, no such message is displayed.You can set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine in most browsers including Safari and Google Chrome (Image credit: Apple) In use Note that the message is only displayed if you use the service's video search. Available options are to always play videos on DuckDuckGo, to always load them on the third-party site they are hosted on, or to display the prompt again. There you find the video playback option that you can modify to your liking.You can alternatively click on the Hamburger icon on DuckDuckGo, select Advanced Settings from the menu and switch to privacy on the settings page.Load the privacy tab of the settings with a click on the following link:.It is furthermore possible to change the preference in the preferences. You can uncheck the box so that the choice you make won't be remembered by the service. You can select to play the video on the site if you want to or follow the link to YouTube to watch it on the site instead.ĭuckDuckGo remembers the selection by default and won't ask you again when you open a video the next time using its search engine. If you play the video on DuckDuckGo, Google will know about it. Since DuckDuckGo has no control over YouTube videos as they require a direct connection to YouTube (read Google) servers, it is impossible for the service to ensure user anonymity. The search engine, while still tiny in comparison to Google or even Bing, has risen in popularity in recent years due to its focus on privacy. If you have opened video links previously on DuckDuckGo you know that you had the option to play them right on the site or follow the link to YouTube to play the video on the site instead.ĭuckDuckGo is known for its search privacy which ensures that users are not tracked when they use the service to search on the Internet.
As such, watching YouTube videos here will be tracked by YouTube/Google.". YouTube (owned by Google) does not let you watch videos anonymously. The warning reads "YouTube Privacy Warning.
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