8/31/2023 0 Comments Brave browser security![]() Request to Google servers: When you have Google safe browsing activated, yesĮdit: It now got mentioned a lot in the comments that it is not true that the Brave Rewards track you.Rewards: Yes, they can be used to track you, but you can just disable it.Whitelist: This seems to still be partially true, they do it to not break some webpages.Brave collects telemetry and you cannot opt outĪfter I read through a lot of articles and reviews, I do not find any strong evidence that the claims are true, with a few exceptions:.Brave makes request to domains, also to track you. ![]() Hardcoded whitelist in their AdBlock for Facebook, Twitter.What have researchers to say about Brave.So following is what I found and what I concluded, looking forward to your comments! Sections of my post: Also sorry for any mistakes on the grammar side, not my first language. What I write here is what I found and concluded with the sources I provide at the end of the post. All my sources will be listed on the end of the post.ĭisclaimer: I am not a specialist so take everything you read here with a grain of salt. So, I will mostly do research with DuckDuckGo searches and papers. I am in no means a software engineer so I will only briefly look into the source code of Brave, to see if I spot something out of the ordinary. I just switched to Brave from Vivaldi so I was worried and wanted to investigate the claims, because what are my privacy steps worth if I use a browser that tracks me? I will only look at Brave not Firefox or other browsers. Mostly Brave got accused to being a non-privacy browser with trackers and other unsecure stuff. I created this post because under the comments of my last post, that was about my deGoogle path, was a discussion between Brave and Firefox (Hardened). Orgīuilding the global movement for the protection of privacy. Related Subreddits:Ĭonsider donating to one of the organizations that fight for your rights. ![]() u/blackhawk_12 Subreddit Rules and Wikiīefore posting in /r/privacy, read the Sidebar Rules.Įnjoy our Wiki! It has all sorts of nifty advice and explains most topics you’re interested in if you’re reading this. "I don't have anything to hide but I don't have anything I want to show you either" Dedicated to the intersection of technology, privacy, and freedom in the digital world. ![]()
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