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# DuckDuckGo's Director of Product on Ads, Google, and the Ecosystem They're Actually Building
- URL: https://techlore.tech/duckduckgos-director-of-product/
- Published: 2026-05-30T16:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-30T16:00:57.000Z
- Description: Techlore Talks brings you in-depth conversations with the experts at the forefront of digital rights, privacy and security.
- Author: Tori
- Tags: Techlore Talks

[App Tracking, Duck AI, the Microsoft Controversy, and the Future of Private Browsing (DuckDuckGo Interview) | Techlore Talks | Episode 72Most people know DuckDuckGo as a search engine, but they’re also creating a full privacy ecosystem covering a browser, VPN, data broker removal, and app tracking protection. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits down with Peter Dolanjski, Director of Product at DuckDuckGo, to cover what…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a2/66/a26623cd-de8a-40f5-bb97-cc1265613cf7/content/images/icon/favicon-636b619b27c8932b15adac78178e70ebdf1f2c3a33de896176872b88cb3a5e48-a4883512017aabf1b502cc8cdbe5c1ccb9f401f0b931fa8cb272e42ba41ebb99.ico)App Tracking, Duck AI, the Microsoft Controversy, and the Future of Private Browsing (DuckDuckGo Interview)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a2/66/a26623cd-de8a-40f5-bb97-cc1265613cf7/content/images/thumbnail/MzdjYi5qcGc-4939da9afb4d5444bbca01f255932a645ac4a43a737eb7de9f3cbe4f0f355eef.webp)](https://share.transistor.fm/s/d6dd885f)

Most people know DuckDuckGo as a search engine, but they're also creating a full privacy ecosystem covering a browser, VPN, data broker removal, and app tracking protection. In this Techlore Talks interview, Henry sits down with Peter Dolanjski, Director of Product at DuckDuckGo, to cover what Google is actually collecting, why incognito mode doesn't do what most people think, how DuckDuckGo's contextual ads differ from Google's behavioral targeting, and more.

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## Episode Sources

• DuckDuckGo: [https://duckduckgo.com](https://duckduckgo.com/)  
• Duck AI: [https://duck.ai](https://duck.ai/)  
• No-AI DuckDuckGo: [https://noai.duckduckgo.com](https://noai.duckduckgo.com/)