Saw this in my adguard home query logs.
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It’s more private but doesn’t have 0 telemetry. You can disable some telemetry in settings. But it still has to make requests for update checks if using Windows or MacOS.
I’m a grown adult and can check for updates my own damn self. This phone-home telemetry in the guise of updating bullshit needs to stop
Then use an actual private browser and not some techbro cryptobrowser.
Name them.
They have already been named in other comments. you’re a grownup, you could probably read them yourself.
Only one other was named and its not sufficient because its not truly private. Please name them
Then as a grown adult, you can make your chrome policy.json to disable the automatic updates.
And being an adult has nothing to do with it. If left to their own devices, most people will simply not update. Some people actively resist updates. Linux Mint had some statistics that showed that like half of their users were running severely out of date versions, so they had to change things.
Wait a minute. How did they collect those statistics?
Yahoo collected data and shared it with Linux Mint. Also, Mint analyzed downloads for its packages.
even tho most low level searches and recommendations gonna point towards brave as the private browser, all you need to just look at the options. its datafarming, its running in the background randomly, its an nftbro chrome.
the crypto browser? it’s not private and never was
better than stock chrome or edge. Not better than Mullvad Browser.
Why I recommend against Brave - Luca Bramè.
This article is a pretty good breakdown of why you shouldn’t use Brave.
You can disable this in the settings. Nobara ships with Brave now but with all of the telemetry and crypto BS turned off out of the box.
It’s a shame this is necessary, to be honest. It’s the same argument with Windows users: “you can just run a debloater and fiddle with the registry to disable tracking”. It shouldn’t be needed in the first place.
I don’t think you can say the same as MS plays shitty cat and mouse games and is constantly patching the workarounds. And the changes required are much more involved than just toggling a switch. And Brave won’t randomly toggle it back on after an update or just blatantly ignore it altogether.
Yeah, Zorin did this recently too. They made some good arguments on why Mozilla’s trustworthiness has nosedived these past few years, but awkwardly centered on a ToS change that didn’t really amount to much.
They didn’t make a case for why Brave is more trustworthy, though… (and I’m not sure one can)
Any decent person wouldn’t use brave.
https://www.christiantoday.com.au/news/former-mozilla-ceo-ousted-for-opposing-gay-marriage-makes-comeback-with-new-internet-browser-brave.html this is who you’re supporting.
You can stop it in settings just like any other browser. I still will use Brave as my choice of browsers.
From Wiki:
Brave Software was founded in 2015 by Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript and former Mozilla CEO who left the organization after coming under fire for his support of eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry […]
and
In August 2016, the company had received at least US$7 million in angel investments from venture capital firms, including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund […]
Should tell you everything you need to know.
I’d say being ‘privacy focused’ is just a stick to get non-tech savy/gullible people that want to protect their privacy to use i, without thinking about it twice. Personally, I believe there is 0% chance they don’t sell (or simply give) all data they can to Peter Thiel and Palantir.
…also to Facebook, also one of the investors. Brave has good privacy protections, but they are selective.
Just use Firefox for gods sakes, Brave is a complete joke of a browser especially when it comes to privacy.
Firefox is great. Librewolf if you’re extra keen on privacy.
Yeah, doing any kind of digging into Brave will immediately send up warning flares that the privacy claims are pure fluff. Just use Firefox or Librewolf.
Not so much no
Can you suggest a better alternative browser for android?
I use IronFox too, but I’d say depending on your goal even Fennec+uBlockOrigin is a pretty good setup.
If you want to go chromiun-based then Cromite (similar in scope to IronFox).
Fennec and Cromite is always outdated compared to their upstream. If you care about security it is quite problematic. I recommend just install UBlock on Firefox then use Arkenfox, or Betterfox on it. It is a bit more complex to do on android, but it is possible. If anyone is interested here is a tutorial
The first browser on this list is Brave lmao
There is at least one more 🙂
IronFox
How does IronFox compare to LibreWolf?Am dumb, missed the “for android” part.
Depends on what you mean by “private”. I would not trust it much, but it’s not a bad Chromium based browser when you need one. Use something like LibreWolf for much more privacy out of the box.
For the best privacy when you do need a Chromium-based browser, the ungoogled-chromium flatpak is an excellent choice.
I vaguely remember some issues with extensions in ungoogled chromium. Maybe I should give it another shot.
People sadly believe so. Firefox, a few addons and you are good to go.
It boggles my mind how people still recommend Brave as a good browser for privacy.
The entire point of Brave from the beginning was their own Crypto currency that they wanted to shill.
In their early days they offered a bunch of Tech YouTubers some crypto (via affiliate links) in return for them shilling brave.Brave is basically just yet another Chromium reskin with custom branding, extra tracking and crypto bullshit bolted to it.
No, the builtin AdBlocker does not make it “worth it”. Stop recommending this pile of crap.
I tend to recommend Brave for the ones who aren’t technically savvy. For that, its good.
For me who is really into privacy, I’ve always felt uncomfortable with brave or any chrome based browser. So I go with TOR and LibreWolf
Don’t a lot of browsers by default have pings set up to track usage? Check the privacy section. There is usually a check box about sending daily pings to whatever company made the browser to track usage.
Not sure about the
variationsthoughAny browser does it, it is needed for several reasons, every browser need to know the amount of users it has to calculate it’s market share. But statistical telemetries are not a privacy issue, it’s like an employee which count the amount of cars and trucks on a highway, to know if it is needed to enlarge the highway or not. A browser need to know it for its capacity of servers and sync, if they offer it. Normally the telemetries includes in which OS is used the browser and in which country, all this is legit and not a privacy problem.
Bad only when it also include logs and profiling of user data and activity, as Chrome and EDGE do, and worse if this is sold to third parties. Decent browser don’t do it.
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