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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[-] viking@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Use Firefox with the Chameleon addon, works on Fennec as well (Android fork with Mozilla telemetry removed).

[-] 0xD@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You only need uBlock basically, beware of other extensions. They're mostly snake oil and Firefox has anti-fingerprinting features per default.

https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions

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