App Tracking, Duck AI, the Microsoft Controversy, and the Future of Private Browsing (DuckDuckGo Interview)

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Peter Dolanjski from DuckDuckGo discussing privacy, app tracking, and the future of private browsing.

Most people know DuckDuckGo as a search engine, but they're also creating a full privacy ecosystem covering a browser, VPN, data broker removal, and app tracking protection. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits down with Peter Dolanjski, Director of Product at DuckDuckGo, to cover what Google is actually collecting, why incognito mode doesn't do what most people think, how DuckDuckGo's contextual ads differ from Google's behavioral targeting, and more. 🔗 SOURCES & LINKS • DuckDuckGo: https://duckduckgo.com • Duck AI: https://duck.ai • No-AI DuckDuckGo: https://noai.duckduckgo.com ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 🎥 VIDEO Watch on YouTube 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE Keep Techlore Talks independent & growing: ★ Support this podcast ★

People in this episode

Host: Henry

Guest: Peter Dolanjski

Topics covered

• privacy
• search engines
• app tracking
• browsing
• technology
• DuckDuckGo

Keywords

• DuckDuckGo
• privacy ecosystem
• Google data collection
• contextual ads
• behavioral targeting
• private browsing
• Duck AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DuckDuckGo, Google

Products: Duck AI, VPN, app tracking protection, incognito mode

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