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Warning to all Brave Browser Users (infosec.exchange)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by voxel@infosec.exchange to c/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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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 107 points 9 months ago (43 children)

Anyoneserioius about privacy should not be using a chromium browser, and should definitely not be using brave.

[–] Boring@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (15 children)

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.

[–] Masterchief117@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

But they’re the only ones blocking ads on YouTube for iOS 😞

[–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago

You can add something like AltStore to an unjailbroken iPhone and sideload a YouTube app with adblock built in.

[–] Waphles@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The only reason I still use it. I like Orion but it’s not quite there yet. Not really sure what other iOS alternatives there are to chose from.

[–] Boring@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

YouTube ads are served on the same server as the video.. So they would have to filter it through one of their servers and block the elements and stream it to you.

So if you're using them for privacy.. you better trust them a lot because they would have equivalent info as google.

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