DuckDuckGo Can Now Warn You About Fake Crypto Exchanges and Other Online Scams
- On June 20, 2025, DuckDuckGo updated its Scam Blocker in its browser to detect fake crypto exchanges, ecommerce scams, and virus alerts.
- This update responds to rising online fraud losses, which reached $12.5 billion in 2024, increasing 25% from 2023 and involving more complex scams.
- Scam Blocker scans URLs locally using a malicious site list from Netcraft and warns users if they visit scam investment, storefronts, surveys, and scareware sites.
- The free Scam Blocker functions anonymously by minimizing server requests and uses anonymized hashing, with no account or external data sharing required, and is on by default.
- This enhancement improves user privacy protection on DuckDuckGo's browser and, with a Privacy Pro subscription, extends Scam Blocker coverage to other browsers via its VPN.
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