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Firefox with ublock origin is even better than the DuckDuckGo browser alone. Yes, you can use DuckDuckGo as a default search engine, and even install the extension, if you need to.
What I like with DDG is that I can clear all cookies, cache, history etc except for the sites that i have "fireproofed".
You can do that with any browser
Not as easily it seems but to be fair, i haven't looked too much into it. In DDG I get asked if I want to fireproof the site, when I type in any information. Then I just press flame icon to torch everything else multiple times a day.
On Firefox you can set the browser to clear any type of data on quit and set exceptions for certain sites such as your search engine.
In addition you can set global preferences for data tracking and selling to inform all websites upon landing of your privacy settings.
Do you know of an easy way to add sites to the exception list? I really like how easy itnia to "fireproof" sites with a press of a button but in Firefox it takes quite a lot more.
Using Ctrl+I seems the fastest route to allowing cookies to be set for one domain! (desktop tested)
I tested this. but it only brings up the page info for me, but with no option or way to get to the area where you add a site to the exceptions (in the security tab)
it is in the permissions tab after you uncheck "use defaults"