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# DuckDuckGo email protection beta is out for first users
- URL: https://www.testingcatalog.com/duckduckgo-email-protection-beta-is-out-for-first-users/
- Published: 2021-08-03T21:09:05.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-19T19:16:00.000Z
- Author: Alexey Shabanov
- Tags: DuckDuckGo

Earlier this year, the DuckDuckGo team [announced its new Email Protection feature](https://www.testingcatalog.com/duckduckgo-allows-users-to-sign-up-for-its-email-protection-beta-feature/) to which you could sign up from the app. This feature is in beta and today, some of the first users got their invites.

📩 In order to check if you got it or not, you can open the app and see if you will receive a push notification with the announcement. For some reason, I didn't receive any push until that. 

> UPD 05.08.21: DuckDuckGo team clarified to us that the app is polling invite status every hour and also when the app is opened so you will get a notification in any case. This is also a nice choice from the privacy perspective b/c the DuckDuck app doesn't need to know your device id in this case.

📩 From the onboarding screen, you will be asked to pick your @duck.com email and specify your normal email address. Your normal email will start receiving redirected emails from the @duck.com address with all email trackers being removed.

![DuckDuckGo email protection beta setup](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/1b/2a1b1782-8506-4d7d-bf53-ad3fb52e2a0f/content/images/2021/08/f10782e0-9a98-42f9-a255-f65eeaef73ef.jpeg)

DuckDuckGo email protection beta setup

DuckDuckGo browser app will also be able to autofill email forms with a randomly generated @duck.com address. This can be useful if you think that the website could be sending spam or sharing your information.

### How to use @duck.com address to protect your real email:

- Open a web page in DuckDuckGo browser that asks for your email.
- Wait for a Duck logo to appear next to the email field.
- Tap on the Duck logo icon.
- Choose if you want to use your permanent @duck.com email address or a randomly generated one.
- press submit and check an email that you configured for redirection in the Email Protection settings.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/1b/2a1b1782-8506-4d7d-bf53-ad3fb52e2a0f/content/images/2021/08/ddg1.gif)

DuckDuckGo email protection beta in action. Source: DuckDuckGo

Alternatively, you can just type your permanent @duck email address if the icon doesn't appear.

📩 DuckDuckGo also shows you an information about what trackers were removed from the email. Here you can see that Revue uses SendGrid underneath.

![DuckDuckGo email protection shows removed trackers](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2a/1b/2a1b1782-8506-4d7d-bf53-ad3fb52e2a0f/content/images/2021/08/1fa5c4f4-d15b-4bc0-ac21-4f2c47b57dfb.jpeg)

DuckDuckGo email protection shows removed trackers

If you still didn't get it, you can check [how to opt-in for the Email Protection beta](https://www.testingcatalog.com/duckduckgo-allows-users-to-sign-up-for-its-email-protection-beta-feature/) feature and receive your @dock.com email address.

More info can be found on the [DuckDuckGo blog](https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-email-protection-beta/?ref=testingcatalog.com) post. So, have you got the invite as well? Tell us in comments below! 👇

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