I'm assuming they're talking about https://duckduckgo.com/app, which DDG does call the DDG Browser themselves, since that was involved in a 'scandal' re. trackers. Source: 6 months ago

I’d also recommend considering choosing a good internet browser, as you stated “ I just dont feel comfortable if companies and people can see everything ive ever searched up”. A browser that either blocks ads and trackers or at least doesn’t contain its own trackers, is a great start. I would recommend using either Firefox, Brave, or DuckDuckGo. You also should use some sort of additional tracker blocker, such as... Source: 11 months ago

Since DuckDuckGo has grown from a privacy-focused search engine to the all-in-one privacy solution that we offer today, we needed to expand our Privacy Policy to cover our new browsers and features like Email Protection, App Tracking Protection, and more. Check it out here. Privacy and transparency are foundational to our business and community so even though this expanded Privacy Policy doesn’t reduce any privacy... Source: about 1 year ago

Have a look at duckduckgo.com, it has a browser for iPhone and Android that is supposed to block all these trackers by design. I've not heard anything bad about it from anyone else yet and information can be found here: https://duckduckgo.com/app. Source: over 1 year ago

Duck Duck Go for android.. Has app tracking protection, and email protection that strips out the trackers when you open an email. The email works where you pick a duck.com email name, and it forwards to your real email, minus the trackers. Source: over 1 year ago

Ugly Email claims to block tracking pixels from 58 domains. The Firefox addon was last updated in 2020, and the Github in 2022. Source: 12 months ago

There have been some attempts by Google to restrict the amount of information that can be transmitted this way. For example,since 2013, Google has served all images in Gmail through its own proxy servers, which could hide your location from at least some tracking applications. And extensions such as Ugly Email and Pixel Block have been developed to block trackers on Chrome and Firefox. Source: over 2 years ago

Implementing something like ugly email would be ideal, not just blocking remote content from auto loading. Source: almost 3 years ago

Disabling automatic image loading in your mail client settings or using extensions like Ugly Email can help preventing this. Source: about 3 years ago