DDG Browser Partners With Microsoft and Its Ad System

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DuckDuckGo and Microsoft have a partnership where relevant ads from the Microsoft Ad network is served via its browser.

Microsoft and DuckDuckGo have partnered to provide a search solution that delivers relevant advertisements to you while protecting your privacy. If you click on a Microsoft-provided ad, you will be redirected to the advertiser’s landing page through Microsoft Advertising’s platform. At that point, Microsoft Advertising will use your full IP address and user-agent string so that it can properly process the ad click and charge the advertiser.

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[rustybrick]

Is that new? [clixmarketing.com...]

[Brett_Tabke]

What is new, is they've been outted for leaking data:

[bleepingcomputer.com...]

[rustybrick]

Indeed that is new...

[Kendo]

It was only a matter of time before they changed face.

[Brett_Tabke]

Lets be clear, this is the browser, not the search engine (Which uses Bing for results).

[engine]

Yup, the browser.

The awkward thing for a privacy-based business is what else is being concealed.

[tangor]

Once one enters and ad system PII will eventually come into play. Just the way the current system operates.