Beta version of the email protection service from DuckDuckGo now open to everyone

New Delhi, Aug 25 : Privacy-focused online web browser DuckDuckGo has announced on Thursday that its email security service in beta is now available to all users .

users can create a free "@duck.com" email address and block email trackers prior to reaching their inboxesDuckDuckGo Email Protection is a no-cost email forwarding service that eliminates different kinds of secret email trackers.

It also lets users create unlimited, unique email addresses in real-time without having to switch email providers or applications "Weve added additional features such as Link Tracking Protection that helps to prevent the tracking in emails, Smarter Encryption which helps with email links that are not encrypted as well as the capability to send a reply directly from your Duck Addresses" stated the company.To sign to sign up in the DuckDuckGo mobile application (iOS/Android) make sure you upgrade to the latest version , then go to Settings, and then select Email Protection.On desktop, you can navigate to duckduckgo.com/email while using a DuckDuckGo browser extension (Firefox/Chrome/Edge/Brave) or DuckDuckGo for Mac (beta).

Trackers are embedded by companies in images and links in emails, allowing them to gather information about the time you opened a message and also where you were at the time the message was opened, and which gadget you used "In our closed Email Protection beta, we discovered that around 85 percent of the emails sent to beta testers included hidden trackers for emails.Companies can make use of this information to create a an image of you," said DuckDuckGo.

Because the email addresses you use are linked to a large portion of the activities you conduct online - buying products or using social media and much more - tracking firms are also able to make use of your personal email address to create a profile identifier "Email Protection is a seamless program that runs in the background, to send your private emails directly to your mailbox," the company said.With Unique Private Duck Addresses while you browse sites, DuckDuckGo automatically detects email fields, giving you the option of creating an individual Private Duck Address for additional protection against profiling email addresses "Just as you have your Personal Duck Address, Private Duck Addresses will also forward privacy-enhancing emails to your inbox at home," it explained.na.