DuckDuckGo is testing a new email protection ✅feature, designed to combat email t🦋rackers.

Many emails, up to 70% of them in fact, contain trackers that te✨ll the sender when, where and on what device the email was opened. The data is also used to build profiles, to coordinate with other ad services, such as those on websites.

DuckDuckGo i🐽s looking to challenge tꦓhis with its new service.

We’re excited to announce the beta release of DuckDuckGo’s Email Protection. Our free email forwarding service removes e꧒mail trackers and prote𝄹cts the privacy of your personal email address without asking you to change email services or apps.

Users sign up for an @duck.com email address and use it as the address they give out to others. DuckDuckGo strips out any trackers from emails sent to the addre༒ss, and then for🔜ward it on to the person’s main address — all without saving anything.

The service sounds like an excellent option for privacy-conscious users, mad♋e by a company that has built its reputation on protecting userꦬ privacy.

The service is currently in beta. Those interested can sign up v෴ia the iOS or Android DuckDuckGo app by selecting Settings > Beta Features > Email Protection > Join the Private Waitlist.