From 3933874ae0090a02661c939500d49c863a5b72b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aminda Suomalainen <suomalainen+git@mikaela.info>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:47:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] web-browsers/README.md: add DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials as
 an abandoned idea

---
 web-browsers/README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/web-browsers/README.md b/web-browsers/README.md
index 121ae9c..bd98a5c 100644
--- a/web-browsers/README.md
+++ b/web-browsers/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and symlinked in this directory for reference._
 - [Abandoned ideas](#abandoned-ideas)
   - [AdNauseam managed policy](#adnauseam-managed-policy)
   - [Blank New Tab](#blank-new-tab)
+  - [DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials](#duckduckgo-privacy-essentials)
 
 <!-- END doctoc generated TOC please keep comment here to allow auto update -->
 
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ This snipped is from Firefox, but the principle applies to Chromium.
 
 ### Blank New Tab
 
+This is a Chromium extension and this was a Chromium policy due to Microsoft pushing itself a lot on the new tab page, which my search engine policies bypass.
+
 ```json
 {
   "ExtensionSettings": {
@@ -56,3 +59,26 @@ This snipped is from Firefox, but the principle applies to Chromium.
   }
 }
 ```
+
+### [DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bkdgflcldnnnapblkhphbgpggdiikppg)
+
+Same as Blank New Page, this was to bypass Google being default, which didn't even work, and is unnecessary with the search engine policies.
+
+```json
+{
+  "ExtensionSettings": {
+    "bkdgflcldnnnapblkhphbgpggdiikppg": {
+      "installation_mode": "normal_installed",
+      "override_update_url": true,
+      "runtime_allowed_hosts": [
+        "*://*.duckduckgo.com",
+        "*://*.google.com",
+        "*://*.bing.com"
+      ],
+      "runtime_blocked_hosts": ["<all_urls>"],
+      "toolbar_pin": "default_unpinned",
+      "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```