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Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.

203 mentions on Hacker News by 145 people: 15 stories, 188 comments · first 2018-06-21 · latest 2026-09-28

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  1. …in a long while. But it's easily verifiable by opening the brave task manager. Quick Google result: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5429
    comment by vegetable · 2023-06-02 · in Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs
  2. …bad, see a longer list [7], though it's quite noisy list. [1]: https://brave.com/research/ [2]: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14942 [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_Learning_of_Cohorts [4]:…
    comment by mcint · 2023-06-02 · in Brave Browser introduces vertical tabs
  3. …Seems Brave is an exception amongst Chromium browsers. They don’t implement it for privacy reasons. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/22906
  4. ▲ 2
    Brave Browser is based on Chromium and under Mozilla license
    story by behnamoh · 2023-03-13 · 0 comments
  5. ▲ 3
    Brave Trynna Disable WebTransport
    story by kota-yata · 2023-02-22 · 2 comments
  6. If I read this [1] right, brave has removed it. 1. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/1734
  7. …la.org/mozilla-central/file/FIREFOX_NIGHTLY_... Or, so as to not just be hating on python, this junk: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/v1.48.33/package... and its https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/build/comman...…
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-12-06 · in A new CMake Scripting Language?
  8. ▲ 2
    Cloudflare protected websites need fingerprinting, broken on Brave on Desktop
    story by therealmarv · 2022-11-28 · 0 comments
  9. …https://docs.ethers.io/v5/api/signer/#Wallet.fromMnemonic [2] https://github.com/bokub/vanity-eth [3] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Brave-Wallet-See...
  10. …cosmetic as the crypto related background processes will continue running and cannot be turned off. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5429 I haven't installed brave in a long time, but maybe someone can try disabling the…
    comment by vegetable · 2022-10-19 · in Brave browser now blocks cookie banners
  11. You can do `await navigator.brave.isBrave()` to detect Brave. [1] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/24478
    comment by AdriaanvRossum · 2022-10-19 · in DuckDuckGo for Mac beta now open to the public
  12. …to whitelist Microsoft trackers is something to be wary of. https://brave.com/privacy-features/ https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-...
    comment by NayamAmarshe · 2022-10-18 · in DuckDuckGo for Mac beta now open to the public
  13. Support will be continued. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059
  14. …the shutoff. As far as ad blocking is concerned, the built-in ad blocker doesn't depend on MV2. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059 https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust
  15. Come on, you could have googled it instead of just guessing. Eg https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059 > Yes - manifest v2 extensions will be supported by Brave We'll be taking steps as V2 is sunset by Chromium team (…
  16. …They even seem to be pondering how to distribute v2 extensions post-sunset in Google Chrome[0] [0] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15187
  17. …We reduce Chromium attack surface while keeping up within ~12 hours of updates: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-...
  18. Brave has committed to retaining support for all of the APIs that were removed by Manifest v3 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059#issuecom... (There are other mentions in the wiki and other places)
  19. Here is most up to date work I am aware of to be implemented directly in brave: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23467
  20. …uBlock Origin once the Chrome extension store ceases to distribute v2 extensions in January[0] [0] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15187
  21. …code will be downloaded into the ./src/ folder The captured in our package.json text links to https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/blob/master/package.j... But I think it's supposed to link to https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/mast…
  22. This is a subset of what they bring to the table: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-... I personally use either Safari or Brave (for chrome extensions and debugging) exclusively
  23. ▲ 290
    Deviations from Chromium (features we disable or remove)
    story by jacooper · 2022-09-06 · 280 comments
  24. …it, as well as recommending our clients to use another browser. There's an issue here from april 21 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15410 which initially seemed geared towards Phoenix Liveview, but others have trouble with…
    comment by unvs · 2022-08-25 · in Protonmail Recommended Browsers
  25. …will continue supporting Manifest V2. https://nitter.net/BrendanEich/status/1134141335881912320 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059#issuecom...
    comment by fzfaa · 2022-08-25 · in Protonmail Recommended Browsers
  26. …would just implement the "Bookmark All Tabs" feature that's been requested since at least 2019: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5711 Method to get open Google Chrome tabs from an Android phone into a JSON file (steps are…
    comment by 1MachineElf · 2022-08-02 · in I have 218 browser tabs open
  27. …code in case you feel like pointing to the code you believe is doing the "intelligence gathering": https://github.com/brave/brave-browser
  28. …they're disabling a crazy amount of things in it to make sure nothing privacy-invasive stays in: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-...
    comment by psionides · 2022-07-15 · in Ask HN: How have you deGoogled your life?
  29. They actually do handle canvas fingerprinting (I don't know to what extend): https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Fingerprinting-P... and a bunch of others fingerprinting methods.
  30. The setting that enables this appears to be causing some issues: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/23093
  31. …is functionally a URL). I think Firefox as well? I don't have it installed so I can't check. [1] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14871
  32. They're comparable to Chromium's, if not identical: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser
  33. People complain about firefox doing shady stuff and then use Brave lmao. Just leaving these here: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/19125#issuecom... https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/16611#issuecom...
  34. …based browsers plan to just continue supporting v2 extensions regardless what Chrome does e.g. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/20059
    comment by zamadatix · 2022-03-11 · in uBlock Origin becomes top addon on Firefox
  35. …what their interests are. This is core to the privacy model of Brave ads. You can read more here: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Security-and-pri...
  36. …and unapproved by - me. I assume this was a bug, and it clearly is, but after seeing this GH issue: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12375 It's clear Brave doesn't give a shit about user privacy, just the illusion thereof to…
  37. …fingerprinting is to look exactly identical to everybody else. That is incredibly shortsighted. [1] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/12069
    comment by octoberfranklin · 2022-02-07 · in No-JavaScript Fingerprinting
  38. …set aside the crypto part of Brave, I believe this is the best Chromium based browser currently. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-...
    comment by alibert · 2022-01-24 · in Mozilla Rally
  39. …They may aggregate or otherwise anonymize data but there is absolutely reporting to advertisers. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Security-and-pri... They call it 'ad confirmations' and spend a lot of time trying to convince you…
    comment by annoyingnoob · 2021-12-15 · in Preventing Pool-Party Attacks
  40. They already de-google the entire codebase. You can see which parts are removed here https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-... and they keep up quite well.
  41. …extension marketplace[1] [0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/opera-brave-vivaldi-to-ignore-... [1] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15187
  42. …We actually remove, modify, and proxy quite a bit. You can read the nitty-gritty details at https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-... . You absolutely could create a similar browsing experience (with excellent…
    comment by jonathansampson · 2021-12-06 · in Goodbye Brave
  43. Brave proxies Google endpoints (see https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-... for a list). This is to prevent users from making unintended contact with Google. This particular error ("Access Denied") encountered by…
    comment by jonathansampson · 2021-12-06 · in Goodbye Brave
  44. …enjoying Brave. Regarding your concerns over Sync, we publish details on our Brave Sync works at https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Brave-Sync-v2 . Good that you're cautious though :) Sampson (Brave Team)
    comment by jonathansampson · 2021-12-06 · in Goodbye Brave
  45. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15344
    comment by yosito · 2021-12-06 · in Goodbye Brave
  46. …The fact that an attempt to improve privacy [0] is being used to bring Brave bad PR is ironic. [0]: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-...
    comment by concinds · 2021-12-06 · in Goodbye Brave
  47. …cryptocurrency features and they end up neglecting general browser usability and innovation. [1] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/11407
  48. …concerns. A notable one is Brave, which is based on Chromium, and yet refuses to enable it ( https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/11407 ). I'm skeptical that reducing access to the FS actually protects users. Those that would be…
  49. Likely due to SafetyNet API not being supported on that platform. I think this is captured with https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15344
  50. …tools, e.g., uBlock Origin. No reason why they couldn't be hooked into Firefox! [0] https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/PageGraph