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Warning to all Brave Browser Users

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Warning to all Brave Browser Users

Voxel (old account)@infosec.exchange to Privacy@lemmy.ml ·
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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.

#brave #bravebrowser #privacy @privacy @privacyguides

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    Its better than Chrome, Edge, and any other proprietary spyware browser

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      Firefox based browsers exits and if you need chromium based there are also other degooled browser available.

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        Gaba degool

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        True but don’t you think brave is better than chrome?

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          In the same way that I think 3rd degree burns are better than 4th degree burns

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            I think you mean 3rd degree burns compared to second degree burns but I get what you are saying

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              ? 4th degree burn is a real thing

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                True but its basicly the same as 3rd degree burn. You will basicly never see it in the field

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                  Now you’re just being pedantic

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                  You mean how chrome and brave are basically the same thing, even if one is technically worse?

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                    I don’t know anymore

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              https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/types-degrees-burns

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          Yes, but when good options exist, why give thought to which bad option is less bad?

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            Because we need less google control. Also brave is pretty user friendly

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              Firefox is the good option. It is not controlled by Google.

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              Brave is chromium based, which gives Google control over web standards.

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        deleted by creator

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          Yeah but they add other tracking to it and all the crypto bs. And im not keen on sponsoring a company which has a ceo who supports anti-gay politicians financially and then denies it.

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          brave is degoogled

          sort of

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      Check out Vivaldi then.

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        It falls in the proprietary category

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          Didn’t they announce that they are source available?

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            Its still not Foss. Unless its under a free software license its a hard no for me.

            At least its not chrome though

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            Vivaldi hides its 5% or whatever code under the most BS reasons one could possibly give – more performance and security than other Chrome browsers. This makes Vivaldi not so trustworthy. I will always pick Ungoogled Chromium for a Chrome based browser, if I had to forego Firefox (if it dies, for example) for the years I am alive.

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