I find Brave’s dependence on Chromium (and therefore Google) to be troubling. They don’t have the engineering team to keep up with Google as they continue backtracking on the “Don’t Be Evil” motto.
For the same reason, I prefer Brave Search over DuckDuckGo. DDG relies almost entirely on Bing for its results. In comparison, Brave Search has a completely independent search index and does its own web crawling.
Oh for sure. The manual down ranking of Russian search results didn’t really bother me, but the undisclosed inability to block Microsoft tracking in their browser was enough to have me avoid it going forward. Not a good look, especially when there are already better options in the space.
I’m only using Brave because it was highest rated in terms of privacy (don’t quote me, I saw it on a video by SomeOrdinaryGamers). What would you say is a better option to Brave?
So I tend to agree with the PrivacyGuides.org Team on this one. I’ll break it down slightly differently though. Brave isn’t BAD per se, but I strongly prefer not using a Chromium based browser unless it’s 100% necessary.
Most private and secure but frustrating to use:
Tor Browser
Private and secure, still frustrating for daily use:
Mullvad Browser
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Brave’s crypto component is easy to ignore if you never engage with it. On privacy side, it is one of the most ironclad.
I find Brave’s dependence on Chromium (and therefore Google) to be troubling. They don’t have the engineering team to keep up with Google as they continue backtracking on the “Don’t Be Evil” motto.
For the same reason, I prefer Brave Search over DuckDuckGo. DDG relies almost entirely on Bing for its results. In comparison, Brave Search has a completely independent search index and does its own web crawling.
DuckDuckGo had its own bit of controversy too.
Valid point about Brave using Chromium.
Oh for sure. The manual down ranking of Russian search results didn’t really bother me, but the undisclosed inability to block Microsoft tracking in their browser was enough to have me avoid it going forward. Not a good look, especially when there are already better options in the space.
I’m only using Brave because it was highest rated in terms of privacy (don’t quote me, I saw it on a video by SomeOrdinaryGamers). What would you say is a better option to Brave?
I’ve tried Firefox and Opera so far.
Librewolf
So I tend to agree with the PrivacyGuides.org Team on this one. I’ll break it down slightly differently though. Brave isn’t BAD per se, but I strongly prefer not using a Chromium based browser unless it’s 100% necessary.
Most private and secure but frustrating to use: Tor Browser
Private and secure, still frustrating for daily use: Mullvad Browser
Able to be private and secure, defaults aren’t perfect. Firefox + uBlock Origin
Private and secure by default, potentially slowly updates and a smaller team might impact security. LibreWolf
Chromium Based Browser with good Security and Privacy, defaults aren’t perfect: Brave
Chromium based browser with good privacy, but potentially slow updates and a smaller team. Ungoogled Chromium + uBlock Origin