Re:Google has added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for...
by shawnz on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @06:59PM
(#19384835)
In the default config the sync data is encrypted end-to-end with the user's Google account password. However, there is also an option to share browser history with Google for telemetric reasons, and it's on by default (regardless of sync encryption settings)
Source: I work in education - even in a highly educated area in a developed EU country, young and old alike think like this.