Privacy @lemmy.ml Voxel @infosec.exchange 9 mo. ago

Warning to all Brave Browser Users

Blocking variations.brave.com which is used for A/B testing could potentially break Brave's functionalities. For me did Brave's "forgetful browsing" feature broke which seems to be disabled by default if you block this domain.

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You really just shouldn't use brave..
- Do you think we are not Brave enough.
  
  Sorry... I will see myself out.
- Only gays don't use Brave, isnt it?
  
  Cringe.
- @eya May I ask why you think that? I their afe good reasons to don't use Firefox either...
  
  Brave is an ad company. Use a privacy-centric browser like hardened firefox, librewolf, or ungoogled chromium.
  
  Edit: added a comma
  
  Can we not downvote genuine questions like this? All you do is discourage people wanting to learn and make it harder for people that think differently than you to see arguments against them.
  
  Save the downvotes for rude or bad faith comments.
  
  You'd need a very good reason to not use Firefox given that it's all that stands against a Google monopoly on web standards. I was using a Chromium-based browser myself until Opera and Microsoft both abandoned their own browser engines - after that I couldn't possibly justify not supporting Firefox.
  
  I have made an entire post detailing (some) of the reasons why you shouldn't use Brave.
- Its better than Chrome, Edge, and any other proprietary spyware browser
  
  Firefox based browsers exits and if you need chromium based there are also other degooled browser available.
  
  Check out Vivaldi then.
- so what you want people to use opera or Chromnius
  
  None of these. Use Firefox.
  
  Use a fork of firefox
Anyoneserioius about privacy should not be using a chromium browser, and should definitely not be using brave.
- Firefox is safer and tbh, has probably the best UX and aesthetics out of anyone. Brave is garbage.
  
  For incognito browsing I recommend Librewolf, a firefox fork. If you want anything more secure, you should start looking into tor
  
  As a Firefox user, the only thing Brave does that I wish Firefox would copy is their fingerprinting resistance. I know Firefox does have fingerprinting resistance but it's nowhere near the same level as Brave.
  
  safer?
  
  i disagree ahola looks better but i still use iceraven on my phone and firefox on pc
- I disagree. Firefox is fine, but saying chromium is spyware because its primarily maintained by google is like saying android is spyware.
  
  Additionally chromium browsers are arguably more secure than Firefox, and has more advanced sand boxing. So much so that graphine OS used chromium instead of Firefox for their vanadium browser.
  
  Only thing I agree with is not using brave.. Cause well.. They fishy.
  
  android is spyware
  
  I truly appreciate the perspective of this post. I would like to switch fully to Firefox and support the cause. Unfortunately I have a PWA addiction and that is the only thing keeping me living my shameful hybrid browser life.
  
  Is it a weak reason? Probably. But it's an honest one. If Mozilla hopped on PWAs, I'd be totally fine bouncing from Brave and joining the Chromium rebellion.
  
  But they’re the only ones blocking ads on YouTube for iOS 😞
- Ungoogled Chromium would be an exception in my book. I am pretty principled.
- Permanently Deleted
- @themoonisacheese If you think so 🤷‍♂️
I'll be the one to stay on topic instead of joining the omgchromebad crowd.

My question/concern would be, why would a browser need to connect to an outside source in order to Forget your browsing? What would it need to reference?

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