

It doesn’t require that you switch email services or apps entirely, or degrade your email experience by hiding all images. While most existing email privacy solutions come with significant tradeoffs, that is not the case with DuckDuckGo’s solution. DuckDuckGo’s Email Protection comes to the rescueĭuckDuckGo has recently announced the beta release of DuckDuckGo’s Email Protection it is a free email forwarding service that removes email trackers and protects the privacy of your personal email address without asking you to change email services or apps. This data about you is also usually sent directly to third parties, most likely without your consent. Ever open an email and see a related ad about it soon thereafter? Yup, you can blame email trackers.

If that isn’t creepy enough, this email data can be used to profile you, including to target you with ads, and influence the content you see online. You may be surprised to learn that 70% of emails contain trackers that can detect when you’ve opened a message, where you were when you opened it, and what device you were using.
