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Brave browser: Is it worth it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi. Not sure where to post this, hopefully it fits here. If you haven't heard of Brave browser by now, it's made by the ex-CEO of Mozilla, and is prided on being private, and integrates crypto/bitcoin.

I like the idea of crypto, and would like to get more into crypto/blockchain, but I'm not sure I can support brave, or it's CEO. Do I swallow my pride and just use Brave? Would it be worth it, just for the privacy additions and crypto?

One reason I'm hesitant, is Firefox now has site-to-site cookie protection, whereas Brave does not. Mostly, I'm arguing with myself at this point, on whether to use Brave, and swallow my pride. Sure, as CEO of Mozilla, he made a bad political call. People can grow, right? Someone rebutted to me that Obama didn't support gay marriage either, and neither did Hillary Clinton.

Sorry to harp on this topic so much. What would y'all do?

Sidenote: A breadtuber I really like uses brave, so Brave can't be all that bad?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (4 children)

The only thing brave is good for is getting BAT from clicking ads, and even that's a trivial amount. Brave Rewards can be a convenient way to donate to websites and YouTubers who have been Brave verified, but otherwise it's basically just Chrome with Tor. I remember hearing somewhere that Brave's built-in Tor browser was not secure but idk the details about that. Brave is not good for privacy. Use LibreWolf or something similar if you need something that respects your privacy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

There were leaks of users that used Tor. Their DNS was leaked along with their searches when using Tor in Brave. It's since been fixed, though.

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