This is your chance to get a free DuckDuckGo email address that will protect you from ad companies spying on your inbox.
Plus, nothing looks cooler than an ‘@duck.com’ email address.
Related | DeFi Protocol Founder Hints At Creating A Twitter on Ethereum
Did you know that email trackers exist in more than 70% of mailing lists? That’s according to a 2017 study, which means things could have even gotten worse since then. Email trackers are an advertisers’ gold mine: they let them figure out when you open an email, where you are when you open it, and which device you’re using. Yes, that’s right, there are other marketing evils out there, not just Facebook!
Removing trackers puts an end to this practice. It removes all the data points list builders are using to create advertising profiles for you. Which, you have guessed it, they then resale to anyone interested.
To help you maintain your online privacy, DuckDuckGo is now offering a free ‘@duck.com’ email address, which will automatically forward emails to your regular inbox once their contents has been analyzed for trackers and removing any tracker found. The company will even offer unique disposable forwarding addresses which can be generated easily in DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser or through desktop browser extensions.
DuckDuckGo recommends that you use the personal email address for friends and contacts you know, while the disposable addresses will be best served when signing up for newsletters, free trials, or any other website asking you for an email to join.
Fighting for email privacy has been at the heart of DuckDuckGo’s privacy-friendly approach ever since the company introduced its search engine and browser that helps remove trackers while surfing the web.
DuckDuckGo’s CEO, Gabriel Weinberg, explained that consumer research showed that asking people to switch to an entirely new email address and provider would be a tough pitch. So instead of creating a new email service, the Email Protection tool acts as an intermediary layer guarding access to your inbox:
“Our high-level goal is to make simple privacy protection available for everyone anywhere they are. So we’re trying to build this into any major browser or operating system or email provider you use.”
For more information and to set up your ‘@duck.com’ email address, visit the dedicated DuckDuckGo website.
You might also like
More from Tech
YouTube Is Testing AI-Generated Video Summaries
YouTube has recently started testing a new feature that automatically generates summaries of videos using AI.
Meta Prepares To Launch AI Personas To Retain And Engage Users
According to industry sources, Meta is preparing to launch its AI personas feature in an effort to increase engagement with …
Meta Launches ‘Meta Quest+’ VR Subscription For $7.99
The new Meta Quest subscription will give you access to the top titles on the device every month. It costs …
YouTube Is Adding AI-Powered Dubbing
YouTube is integrating the team from Aloud to help you dub your videos in other languages with the help of …
New VEED AI Tool Helps You Fix Your Gaze In Videos
How many times have you struggled to keep eye contact with a camera when filming a video and reading off …
Apple Will Automatically Assign You An Apple ID Passkey With iOS 17 And macOS Sonoma
Apple will automatically assign each user a passkey so they can log into Apple accounts without needing a password. Passkey allocation …
IKEA Used AI To Create A Couch That Can Fold Like An Envelope
A design lab affiliated with IKEA used AI to design a couch that only weighs 22 pounds and can fold …
5 Long-Awaited Features Apple Is Finally Bringing To The iPhone With iOS 17
At WWDC 2023, Apple introduced several new features that will come with the release of iOS 17. Here are the …
Leaked: Instagram Is Working On An AI Chatbot
Images leaked by app researcher Alessandra Paluzzi show that Instagram is working on an AI chatbot. According to the images shared …
