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What's notable is that when I search though DDG, Google still is able to see and track my search item there. I did not even think about that, but a bit eye opening. (I am using Chrome, afterall)

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Do you mean When you search using google through ddg via !g bang operator, not when you search just using DDG (which uses bing apparently)?

Ah yes, it's only when I use the !g bang operator. But if I recall, a selling point of DDG and searching Google via the operator was that lack of track-ability. Of course, again, I am using Chrome so not shocked, just notable.

!s or !sp give you SmartPage -- privacy-proxied Google search.

!disconnect -> disconnect search

Sort of. I find direct Google is more comprehensive.

!bangs gives more bang searches:

https://duckduckgo.com/bang?q=

Ohers: https://duckduckgo.com/bang?q=search

https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/private-search-engines/

DDG should warn about that.

Why? Genuinely, if you're using Chrome shouldn't you expect that they can see your browser history?

Because browsers should not phone home with private data, and if they do, it should be made obvious.

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