The Email Protection beta was initially available through a waitlist. Here are some free alternatives for DuckDuckGo email protection: SimpleLogin, AnonAddy, and Firefox Relay.Last year, DuckDuckGo announced a free service designed to fend off email trackers and help people protect their privacy.

Using an email-alias can protect your real ID from being harvested by websites, spam, leaks, data breaches, etc. If you start receiving spam or phishing mails, you can deactivate this address, and create a new one to replace it. These unique addresses can be generated from the dashboard.

This adds another layer of privacy protection. That's not all it can do, DuckDuckGo can also create unique private Duck addresses that you can use instead of your personal Duck ID. The service is not limited to email-forwarding, you can reply to mails that are sent to your address, the sender will not be able to see your main email ID. The mail that it forwards to you contain a banner alerting you that trackers were removed, it also has a link for an email protection report.Ĭlicking on the link opens a report that tells you what trackers were removed, whether links were upgraded to HTTPS, the sender's information, etc. Go ahead and try sending an email to your new duck address, or try signing up for a newsletter on any website using it, you will receive the mails in your duck inbox. Now, you can submit your new duck address in place of your main ID whenever you need to create accounts with third party services. DuckDuckGo's email protection does not require a password, when you try to log in to your account on a new browser or device, it will send an authentication code to your registered email address.

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