The information comes from the link in the email.

Because that's private information, DuckDuckGo opted to create a web page not generated from their servers. That fact is important because this web page displays the from address, the to address, and any trackers contained in the email. That means the webpage is generated on your computer. Once the email arrives in your inbox, DuckDuckGo inserts a line at the top, letting you know how many trackers were removed, if any. There is no noticeable delay in receiving emails. So there is no Duck login, UI, inboxes, and things like that.ĭuck strips email trackers out of the email then forwards the email to your regular email, all done in memory on their servers (memory is temporary storage, meaning nothing saves on their servers). The Duck email itself forwards emails to your existing email. I had a hit list of companies I wanted to use my Duck email for, so I changed my email from my non-protected email to my protect Duck email. Let's start feeding these marketing companies my Duck email! Receiving Email at the Duck Address I ended up snagging a three-letter email address, though, which was pretty neat - very easy to share with people and type into forms.ĭuckDuckGo goes over their privacy policy in a super consumable format, and everything was what I'd expect from a privacy-focused company.

Because I was an early adopter, I thought I could reserve but someone beat me to it. Once I received the invite code, I was prompted to enter the Duck email address and the forward to address. This is what the setup screen looks like.

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