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April 22, 2020 07:00 am

Browser maker Vivaldi now has a built-in tracker blocker that uses DuckDuckGo tech




Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Vivaldi is launching the 3.0 version of its browser, and it includes an integrated tracker blocker made in partnership with DuckDuckGo. The company’s Android version of its browser is also leaving beta.


The new tracker blocker in Vivaldi uses the same blocklist as DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Essentials browser extension. Announced in March, that blocklist is based on data from DuckDuckGo’s Tracker Radar, which regularly crawls the web to identify new trackers to block.



Vivaldi is also adding a built-in ad-blocker in version 3.0, but it will be disabled by default. The browser already let you block ads that were misleading or contained malware by flipping on a...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/22/21228849/vivaldi-update-integrated-tracker-blocker-duckduckgo-android-app

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