Reply to: ANyone tried the Brave browser?

[xoggoth]

It is probably browser fingerprinting that is responsible your creepy ads tracking you round the web

Wonder if you can fake a fingerprint. We could pretend to be <your most hated CUKer here> and view illegal material.

[xoggoth]

Annoying things on Brave. No option to start with a specified list in tabs - last used tabs is not same thing. Tabs also cannot be renamed, show URL, or title once clicked.

[Eirikur]

I mostly browse in incognito mode and logout of gmail, facebook etc when I'm not using it

The scariest thing though which I had two times within the last two months is, I bought an item fully off line, but paid with credit card in the shop (no research on line etc) and immediately got adds on facebook about those items.
So is my credit card linked somehow illegally to my Facebook account or did my conversations about the items get recorded illegally through my smart phone, tv or laptop?

Trying Brave now, looks good

[OwlHoot]

May give it a go.

Generally it's a pity that companies, MS, Google etc, don't pay any attention to comments re their browsers on major, often their own, forums. Changes many people want can be quite small but they don't bother. Eg. I quite like Edge but no option, as in IE, to allow cookies only for certain sites.

WHS

In Edge I'd like the option to specify a page to visit when a new window is opened ( the Google search page, I'm ashamed to say )

Also, the latest Firefox seems to hang on to page history like a limpet. Whereas previously visited pages (displayed on the main screen) used to be deletable with one keystroke by just clicking on the cross, it now takes three.

[Hobosapien]

Ah, so it's another crypto solution where they will allow users to purchase their tokens for donating to sites as an alternative to sites relying on advertisements for income. They also take 5% cut of donations to sites from spending their own tokens. Nice little earner.

I presume the idea is the site either cannot detect their ads are being blocked by the browser or will have a way of letting it slide if they get a donation via the browser?

Anyone done some extensive testing to see if the browser works with most sites that have active ad blocker detection, to see if you still get pestered to whitelist them or get 'sorry we notice you're blocking ads' that is more annoying than the ads themselves. No I won't whitelist you, but I will blacklist you.

Will give it a go if the feedback remains positive.

[unixman]

It is probably browser fingerprinting that is responsible your creepy ads tracking you round the web. There is no way of escaping it AFAIK. Even through Tor you can still be fingerprinted.

(fingerprinting is where the web site makes a hash from bits of your incoming info, eg screen res., browser version, add-ons etc. Since we all have different combinations of these things, it is pretty unique)

[DaveB]

How does brave fund itelf - I dont understand the business model. What am i missing

So far they've raised around $7m in venture capital funding so I'm guessing they are still burning that.

From the website

In 2017, we are focusing on the Basic Attention Token (BAT), and the ecosystem that it will enable, offering users and publishers a better way to fund the Web. With BAT (along with staking users with a share of tokens), Brave will work to offer privately-matched, anonymously-verified ads. Users can opt-into this.

So they will serving ad's on an opt in basis.

They also have a digital wallet function that lets you add money to it and then make micro-payments to web content publishers that you like and that have signed up with Brave to get those payments. I'm guessing Brave will be taking a slice at both ends.

Brave Payments is a system that allows you to anonymously donate to content producers that you like. All you need to do is create a BAT wallet and add an amount. Then, when you visit websites, Brave Payments automatically distributes microdonations based on the time you devote. You can customize your list of favorite websites. You can even “pin” specific sites to receive a certain amount every month. It’s like becoming a patron. With regard to your privacy in Brave Payments, we do not know which BAT wallet is associated with the lists of sites that you choose to support. In other words – you, the user, have access to your browsing report but Brave (the company) does not have that information.

[Soho]

Haven't tried yet but will give it a go.

[LondonPM1]

No, but don't forget it's not just about privacy. Anything that cuts the carp adware, especially videos, should perform much better.

But that said, I do find it a bit creepy and irritating when after searching for something in Amazon I am immediately bombarded with ads for the same on other pages.

How does brave fund itelf - I dont understand the business model. What am i missing

[xoggoth]

Had a fiddle - looks good.

PS Mind you, I note that it blocks Google analytics as a tracker. Hmm.

[xoggoth]

May give it a go.

Generally it's a pity that companies, MS, Google etc, don't pay any attention to comments re their browsers on major, often their own, forums. Changes many people want can be quite small but they don't bother. Eg. I quite like Edge but no option, as in IE, to allow cookies only for certain sites.

[glebe digital]

Recently swapped to Brave on my Android twitbrick & woah what a difference.
Much faster browsing, and with Chrome/Google apps removed my phone suddenly seems to be processing at warp speed.....guess that's due to the lack of all the 'surveillance capitalism' junk spyware watching my every swish.

Very impressed!

[Dark Black]

Looks interesting, might give it a try myself

[vetran]

You can take our SSL but you will never take our cookies!!!

[Andy2]

Why not use Tor itself