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Automated Website Trust & Risk Intelligence Report
https://scamlookup.net/website/duckduckgo
Generated: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:31:02 GMT
Target Website: duckduckgo.com
Overall Trust Score: 93/100 (Trusted)
duckduckgo.com
Trusted
Scanned: Sep 5, 11:31 AMTRUST SCORE
93
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
93/100
TRUST SCORE
CONFIDENT
Low Risk
SAFETY
100/100
100/100
TRANSPARENCY
40/100
40/100
DOMAIN RISK
LowLow Tier
LowRisk
SSL SECURITY
20/100
20/100
PAYMENT RISK
NoNo Risk
NoRisk
VERDICT
Trusted
Trusted
AI Security Summary
93/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (18.8 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: no terms of service found; no contact page found; certificate expires soon (0 days) — worth extra caution before trusting.
No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled
HTTPS & SSL
SecureSecure
HTTPS Active (TLS 1.3/1.2)
Threat Status
CleanClean
No blacklists or malware
Domain Age
18.8 years18.8 years
Registered 11/11/2007
Reputation
High TrustHigh Trust
Based on 65+ verified signals
IP & Server
52.149.246.3952.149.246.39
cloudflare
Email Security
ProtectedProtected
SPF, DMARC, MX active
Performance
93 / 10093 / 100
Fast response time
Redirects
DirectDirect
No redirect hops
Top Priority RecommendationAction Needed
Certificate expires soon (0 days)
Why it matters
Addressing this signal prevents trust downgrades and potential security risks.
View Glossary GuidePositive Signals
- Site responded with 200
- HTTPS is enforced
- Fast response (128ms)
- Served through Cloudflare
- 1 address record(s) resolved
- 8 authoritative nameservers
- Domain registered 19+ years ago
- Owner information disclosed
Warnings
- Certificate expires soon (0 days)
- Page has no <title>
- No terms of service found
- No contact page found
- Large response served uncompressed
Critical Issues
No critical issues found
Domain passes all high-risk checks
- Registrar Name
- NameCheap, Inc.
- Creation Date
- November 11, 2007 (18.8 years ago)
- Last Updated
- May 24, 2026
- Registry Expiry Date
- June 23, 2027
- WHOIS Privacy Protection
- Publicly Visible
- Domain Status Codes
- client transfer prohibited
ICANN Status Badges
client transfer prohibited
Domain registered 19+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via NameCheap, Inc.
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
Security Header Baseline
Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
Content-Security-PolicyMissing
X-Frame-Options Present
X-Content-Type-Options Present
Referrer-PolicyMissing
Permissions-PolicyMissing
All Response Headers (21)
HSTS is set
Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.
+6
Content Security Policy is set
Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
+5
X-Frame-Options is set
Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.
+3
X-Content-Type-Options is set
Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.
+2
Referrer Policy is set
Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.
+2
Permissions Policy is set
Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).
+2
- IPv4 Addresses (A)
- 52.149.246.39
- IPv6 Addresses (AAAA)
- None
- Mail Servers (MX)
- duckduckgo-com.mail.protection.outlook.com (Priority: 0)
- Authoritative Nameservers (NS)
- dns1.p05.nsone.net, dns2.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net, dns4.p05.nsone.net, ns01.quack-dns.com, ns02.quack-dns.com, ns03.quack-dns.com, ns04.quack-dns.com
- TXT Records Found
- 12 TXT verification records
A Records (IPv4)
52.149.246.39
TXT Verification Records
MS=ms71454350
ZOOM_verify_QSjXtfOfRHiY0O9gD5E4Ug
v=spf1 include:mail.duckduckgo.com include:spf.mailer.duckduckgo.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:duck.com include:mail.zendesk.com -all
OSSRH-87525
bw=IOlfo6xQJX+xewM7+IiPqOSIPtLXKrWoS2RXCTPMmQZc
stripe-verification=e508f445dbb94b1ae51f7b48901897714b661f5298da43bb66b224973c8290d4
apple-domain-verification=XeKEoqnRNUfkUc5l
openai-domain-verification=dv-OKbsaUeVbNte6OPtWDpdt4Xr
cursor-domain-verification-nxwg1m=QRyFwelq3dM8RzBmvRla2boHy
anthropic-domain-verification-c7d48c=mGBhXlQHsvOc64IFwZsaKKVoQ
mistral-domain-verification=1b914b8749d84fc51987d1cd2b9f86b38617aa4d
slack-domain-verification=oDt8KTPHJdkpcJOZ6J8W8cyJLsEfrJULCQiQ1YbP
1 address record(s) resolved
+4
8 authoritative nameservers
+2
- Registrable Domain
- duckduckgo.com
- Registrar Organization
- NameCheap, Inc.
- WHOIS Privacy Status
- Public Registration Data
- Registry Status Codes
- client transfer prohibited
- Delegated Authoritative Nameservers
- dns1.p05.nsone.net, dns2.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net, dns4.p05.nsone.net, ns01.quack-dns.com, ns02.quack-dns.com, ns03.quack-dns.com, ns04.quack-dns.com
- Registration Lifecycle
- Registered: 2007 → Expires: 2027
Nameservers (NS)
dns1.p05.nsone.netdns2.p05.nsone.netdns3.p05.nsone.netdns4.p05.nsone.netns01.quack-dns.comns02.quack-dns.comns03.quack-dns.comns04.quack-dns.com
Domain registered 19+ years ago
Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
+15
Registered via NameCheap, Inc.
Owner information disclosed
The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.
+2
- SPF Record
- v=spf1 include:mail.duckduckgo.com include:spf.mailer.duckduckgo.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:duck.com include:mail.zendesk.com -all
- DMARC Policy Mode
- Policy: REJECT
- DMARC Raw Record
- v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:n1um42s6@ag.dmarcian.com
- DKIM Selectors Detected
- selector1, s1
Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.
SPF record published
+5
DMARC published (reject)
+6
DKIM configured (selector1, s1)
+3
URLhaus Malware
Clean / Not Listed
PhishStats Feed
Clean / Not Listed
Google Safe Browsing
Not checked
- Root Domain Label
- duckduckgo
- Top-Level Domain (TLD)
- .com (Standard TLD)
- Punycode Obfuscation
- No (Standard ASCII)
- Homoglyph / Lookalike Script
- No mixed scripts
- Brand Match Analysis
- No recognized brand impersonation
- Typosquatting Risk
- Clean
No impersonation patterns detected
Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
+8
Detected Technologies by Category
framework
Next.js
js
ReactSvelte
analytics
Google Analytics
cdn
Cloudflare
Page Metadata & Fingerprint
- HTML Title
- —
- Meta Description
- The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
- Document Language
- en-US
- Character Encoding
- utf-8
- Viewport Setting
- width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=1 , viewport-fit=auto
- Generator Software
- —
5 technologies detected
Next.js, React, Svelte, Google Analytics, Cloudflare
Built on a modern framework
+3
Mobile viewport configured
+2
Page has no <title>
Well-maintained sites always set a page title.
-3
Items to Fix & Optimize
Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)
MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN
Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)
OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF
Protocol
HTTP/2
Binary framing, multiplexed
Compression
NONE
No compression detected
Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)
Image Formats
Legacy / Unchecked
Transfer
Uncompressed
Transport
HTTP/2
These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.
Detected Asset & Image Formats
WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG
- HTTP Response Time
- 128 ms
- Payload Body Size
- 172.7 KB
- Compression Status
- Uncompressed
- Cache Directives
- no-cache
Large response served uncompressed
Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.
-3
Response is cache-friendly
no-cache
+2
AI Content Evaluation
93/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (18.8 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Verdict driven by: no terms of service found; no contact page found; certificate expires soon (0 days) — worth extra caution before trusting.
- Payment Red Flags
- None (No suspicious payment requests)
- High-Pressure Language
- None (No artificial urgency detected)
- Disposable Domain Risk
- No (Established infrastructure)
- Text Scanned Depth
- 180 characters verified
No scam-correlated language found on the home page
No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.
+6
- Primary Web Server
- cloudflare
- CDN / Cloud Provider
- Cloudflare
- Primary IP Address
- 52.149.246.39
- HTTP Status Code
- 200 OK
- Final Landing Destination
- https://duckduckgo.com/
- Redirect Hop Count
- 0 hops
Site responded with 200
Final URL: https://duckduckgo.com/. Response time 128ms.
+8
HTTPS is enforced
All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
+10
Fast response (128ms)
+6
Served through Cloudflare
Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.
+4
- Certificate Authority (Issuer)
- C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=R3
- Subject Common Name (CN)
- eun-emanuele1.duckduckgo.com
- Validity Period
- 0 days remaining (Expires: 2022-12-05T04:00:09)
- Subject Alternative Names (SANs)
- 13 domains protected
- Certificates Logged (CT)
- 4980 certs recorded
Subject Alternative Names (Sample)
eun-emanuele1.duckduckgo.comuse-eric1.duckduckgo.comusc-jason1.duckduckgo.comeuw-dkapusta1.duckduckgo.comuse-devcpu3.duckduckgo.comeun-bmoon1.duckduckgo.comeun-ffaccin1.duckduckgo.comuse-devtesting13.duckduckgo.comeun-maaike1.duckduckgo.comusw-ghightower1.duckduckgo.comusc-ralston1.duckduckgo.comuse-dave1.duckduckgo.comeun-marcosh1.duckduckgo.com
Valid SSL / TLS certificate active
Issued by C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=R3, valid for 0 remaining days.
+10
Certificate expires soon (0 days)
-4
Key Legal & Transparency Pages
privacy PageFound
terms PageNot linked
contact PageNot linked
about PageNot linked
refund PageNot linked
shipping PageNot linked
cookies PageNot linked
- Published Phone Numbers
- 450866534, 4250-540074, 3857-524644, 633978952, 10.54 12.57-.047.02, 6.75 2.763 6.75 5.875
Privacy policy linked from home page
+6
No terms of service found
Reputable sites usually publish a terms of service.
-4
No contact page found
Reputable sites usually publish a contact page.
-4
No about page found
Reputable sites usually publish a about page.
-3
No refund/return policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a refund/return policy.
-3
No cookie policy found
Reputable sites usually publish a cookie policy.
-2
Phone number published
+2
- Robots.txt Directives
- Present & Configured
- Sitemaps Declared
- https://duckduckgo.com/sitemap.xml, https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/sitemap.xml
- Disallow Rules Count
- 6 rules
View Raw robots.txt
User-agent: * Disallow: /lite Disallow: /html # Block query strings on other pages; allow them at the root (covers SERP's # ?q= and any other root-level params). # Google/Bing apply the least-restrictive rule on a tie, so Allow wins for root. Disallow: /*? Allow: /?* # Embeddable search box (search.html, incl. ?duck=yes) — keep crawlable so its # noindex meta tag is fetched and honored, dropping it from search indexes Allow: /search.html # chrome new tab page Disallow: /chrome_newtab # Email Protection Disallow: /email/ Allow: /email/$ Allow: /email/privacy-guarantees Allow: /email/privacy-terms User-agent: ia_archiver Disallow: / Sitemap: https://duckduckgo.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/sitemap.xml
robots.txt published
+2
sitemap.xml available
+2
Export & Share Intelligence
Download the complete official PDF verification report (all sections and technical signals expanded), or export raw JSON telemetry.
Scan Engine Performance
Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline
Signals Analyzed
42
This scan
Sources Checked
18
Live security feeds
Scan Duration
2.88s
Ultra-fast
Last Scan
9/5/2026
Live timestamp
Overall Risk
Low Risk