While all browsers can browse without tracking your browsing locally, that only goes so far - it stops someone with physical access to your computer from seeing what you’ve been doing, but it does nothing to keep your browsing safe once your packets leave your computer.īrave solves this problem by implementing the Tor onion-routing network in an alternative privacy mode, meaning that you’ll be safe from prying eyes wherever they may be. You’ll also get a far better privacy mode. Other options include deciding which cookies to block and whether to block cross-site device recognition. Head into the settings, and you can choose which social media you want to block, including Facebook logins and embedded posts and embedded tweets by default, with the option to toggle on LinkedIn embedded post blocking as well. Also, Brave will attempt to connect to via HTTPS if a site allows it, and you haven’t connected to it automatically.īrave also keeps things from getting too distracting, by blocking auto-play videos (and providing a notification that it’s done so). Essentially, you’re invisible to the sites you visit, and they won’t be able to track you as you move around the internet. The list of what Brave blocks is quite extensive, including all ads (which aren’t included in the count), cross-site trackers, scripts, cross-site cookies, and more. Take a look at the right-hand side of the URL bar, and you’ll find Brave’s “shield” notification, a small icon with a counter that shows you at a glance how many things Brave has blocked on a given web site. Out of the box, Brave blocks a host of bothersome web site practices, more so than any other browser. Yes, that’s right, Brave is all about privacy, and that’s where it stands out the most.

Privacy for all Mark Coppock/Digital Trends That’s where the Brave browser comes in, and given that it’s just exited beta status, I decided to give it a quick spin to see if it can replace Chrome on my devices.

Will I use Brave as my primary browser?īut there are cracks in Chrome’s armor, and privacy is one of them.Yes, but how is it as a browser? It’s fast, for one thing.

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