DuckDuckGo is the safer search engine. Google keeps track of your entire search history by connecting it to your IP address. That can make searches a bit more convenient since it allows Google to offer autofill and tailor results to your interests, but the company doesn’t reveal the many ways it uses the data it collects. At a minimum, it presents you with targeted ads. It’s willing to turn over information about you to law enforcement and other government agencies. And there’s no way of knowing when a hacker might gain access to all that data. In contrast, DuckDuckGo keeps no record of your searches whatsoever. More importantly, it doesn’t track your IP address.