DuckDuckGo made a deal with the devil. Due to a confidential search agreement, the DuckDuckGo browser does not block all Microsoft trackers. What’s worse, DuckDuckGo only acknowledged this “privacy hole” after it was discovered by a security researcher."
https://www.reviewgeek.com/118915/duckduckgo-isnt-as-private-as-you-thought/
Wonderful, isn't it? After the last Bing incident, then the censoring fiasco, then this.
Brave or Waterfox.
All other browers track you.
I recommend the plugin privacy badger for either as well, it blocks cross-site tracking cookings.
For search Yandex or Startpage. Yandex is Russian so no Fedboi or Five Eyes cooperation whatsoever, and Startpage hasn't been compromised like DDG.
Waterfox is silly outdated nonsense.
Librewolf is the privacy fork of Firefox.