I have been thinking about switching to brave for better fingerprinting protection

  • Makeshift@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I agree the crypto stuff is super annoying, but it’s a really nice and clean browser after you disable all that and tweak the settings (which you’d probably want to go through and configure with a new browser anyway)

    • 𝕷𝖎𝖉@lemmy.comfysnug.space
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      1 year ago

      even as a crypto user & dev, brave’s crypto shit is annoying af, it’s inferior by far to what everyone else uses & they push it on ur face & make u have to remove it.

      i’d rather just use firefox or even microsoft edge, even for crypto stuff

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      1 year ago

      Or more accurately: can be turned on. Everything crypto is disabled by default.

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      1 year ago

      And the setting really does work. The crap is completely gone afterwards. There is no grayed out symbols, or nag screens or anything.

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    1 year ago

    If you want Brave without the crypto crap then spend a minute or two and turn it all off in settings. You’ll never see it again.

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    1 year ago

    Why not use Librewolf? Fork of Firefox, hardened and resists fingerprinting. Scores pretty damn well on https://privacytests.org and pairs well with Mull on Android.

    AFAIK there are no actively developed Brave forks.

    • WeLoveCastingSpelz@lemmy.fmhy.mlOP
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      I use librewolf on my work laptop it removes all cookies every time you close it, this wouldn’t be a problem on mobile as I already set my phone browser(fennec) to do that but on my personal computer it crosses the border from I can deal with it to too inconvenient

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    1 year ago

    Firefox. Or if you don’t want to spend time configuring it, Librewolf.

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    1 year ago

    We recommend just switching to Brave and disabling the ‘crytpo crap’ yourself rather than using a fork that is liable to go unmaintained and miss updates.

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      1 year ago

      Brave might have started as a basic Chromium fork, but the various privacy/security features they added do make them standout now.

      • imrichyouknow@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        They are less invasive on the privacy front, but they also push their products much harder down user’s throat due to less revenue from less accurate ads, just look at DDG’s frontpage.

        I also found them self-censoring towards IPs from China, albeit this could be the direct result of using Bing’s search results.

        It’s much easier to compare it with something like SearXNG which has the same core principle, without ads, without censorships, without invasive marketing.