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Isn't Brave open source? https://github.com/brave/brave-core

comment by epestr · 2026-10-12 · in Fingerprints are the new cookies

…needed to build the Brave desktop browser for macOS, Windows, and Linux. The web browser is here : https://github.com/brave/brave-core (8% of typescript)

comment by mrbn100ful · 2026-01-06 · in Brave overhauled its Rust adblock engine with FlatBuffers, cutting memory 75%

1st patch: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/commits/master/patches/c... Rename thumbnail to favicon: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/commits/master/patches/c... Then abandoned in favor of Chromium including favicons in the regular…

comment by cachius · 2025-11-17 · in Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)

I'd bet https://github.com/brave/brave-core would top FF, since it's both chromium _and_ Brave's extra bits

comment by mdaniel · 2025-05-13 · in Mozilla Firefox – Official GitHub repo

…The source for Safari is closed, but their rendering engine is completely open source [2]. [1]: https://github.com/brave/brave-core [2]: https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit

comment by dntbrsnbl · 2025-03-12 · in Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google

…changes Brave applies. I have not read every commit myself, so any flagging would be appreciated: https://github.com/brave/brave-core

comment by imslavko · 2024-12-28 · in Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam [video]

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GitHub pull request support for Brave Leo

story by b_mc2 · 2024-03-01 · 0 comments

…would be doing it, but it seems like there should be a better way even if I can't think of one. [1] https://github.com/brave/brave-core/tree/master/patches

comment by freedomben · 2024-02-23 · in Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive

…* Bug 23170: anti-fingerprinting: hide screen size and window position #13737 https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/13737 (Incidentally, that PR number is not quite elite. :)

comment by neilv · 2024-01-23 · in Brave browser simplifies its fingerprinting protections

…to some marketing, I disagree that it's lip service Brave has a ton of engine level privacy patches https://github.com/brave/brave-core/tree/master/patches To my understanding you can't match it with just js extensions. Only firefox on the…

comment by filterfiber · 2023-10-18 · in Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent

…forever and always, though they do currently lead the way, and with the most used/backed fork. https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/19476

comment by DANmode · 2023-08-04 · in Brave cuts ties with Bing to offer its own image and video search results

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Disables WebEnvironmentIntegrity feature and origin trials

story by thunderbong · 2023-08-03 · 117 comments

…until it was disabled by default, and remained present as an option for over a year after that. https://github.com/brave/brave-core/commits/master/component... You may mean that it was modified less than 24 hours after users noticed it and…

comment by duskwuff · 2023-07-28 · in Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it

…much more changes than just compile flags. Here's the repo where they maintain their patch set: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/tree/master/patches

comment by fabrice_d · 2023-07-27 · in Brave is a fork, not a Chromium reskin

As far as I know, they actually embed it: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/tree/v1.54.44/components... Although I can't say with 100% confidence because their build system is some ... special

comment by mdaniel · 2023-06-07 · in uBlock Origin 1.50.0

…they not only removed the affiliate links but also turned the auto-suggest feature off by default. https://github.com/brave/brave-core/commit/e8fdde70a3ac2c25e... Now, it's up to your interpretation to classify this as shady or not, but I…

comment by NayamAmarshe · 2023-03-10 · in What does "Copy clean link" mean?

…will just filter out everything following a query. Here is the fine details for those interested: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/browser/net/... As a marketer, they do mention that they retain Campaign level parameters,…

comment by jklinger410 · 2023-03-09 · in What does "Copy clean link" mean?

…sites. EDIT: Correction, they are very conservative with which strings are filtered out. See here: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/browser/net/...

comment by jklinger410 · 2023-03-09 · in What does "Copy clean link" mean?

Their filters are open source. https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/browser/net/...

comment by joe5150 · 2023-03-09 · in What does "Copy clean link" mean?

Indeed, a few clicks from the article arrives at the specific list: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/browser/net/...

comment by lmkg · 2023-03-09 · in What does "Copy clean link" mean?

…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... friend All of those are in a general purpose programming language, and they…

comment by mdaniel · 2022-12-06 · in A new CMake Scripting Language?

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Tell HN: Vertical Tabs in Brave

story by gnicholas · 2022-10-08 · 4 comments

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Brave takes first steps towards vertical tabs

story by coffeeling · 2022-09-20 · 1 comment

…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/master/package.json

comment by js2 · 2022-09-06 · in Deviations from Chromium (features we disable or remove)

https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/11750 describes the more technically-involved part of the feature - we had to make sure that we detect an AMP page before it gets to the Chromium renderer process, in order to prevent the page from…

comment by skaul · 2022-04-19 · in De-AMP: Cutting out Google and enhancing privacy

…of unintended timers locked-up the application itself. You can see our issue for the behavior here: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/11030 . For 10 minutes of anxiety, check out 'The Problem of Time & Timezones' from Tom Scott of…

comment by jonathansampson · 2021-12-06 · in Goodbye Brave

…that it does not contain any space character (" "). The latter check *is not* conducted by Brave ( https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/8a93d29c45800719c9e... ) or Firefox ( https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/differential/change..…

comment by jonathansampson · 2021-10-06 · in Brave and Firefox to intercept links that force-open in Microsoft Edge

…are unequivocally false. How so? For example the case "Brave injected/modified referral links" https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/o... The "problem" of open-source is, that you can see what is happening.

comment by nicce · 2021-09-22 · in Brave Talk – Privacy-Preserving Video Conferencing

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Brave disables Chromium FLoC features

story by brunoluiz · 2021-04-10 · 336 comments

…highly recommend using Tor Browser instead of Brave Tor windows. " Also this is a known issue, see https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/7909

comment by deadalus · 2021-02-19 · in Brave Browser leaks your Tor / Onion service requests through DNS

…highly recommend using Tor Browser instead of Brave Tor windows. " Also this is a known issue, see https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/7909

comment by anonypla · 2021-02-19 · in Brave Browser leaks your Tor / Onion service requests through DNS

…it won't ever be a blackbox. The source is always available at github.com/brave/brave-browser and github.com/brave/brave-core. We'll be sure to document the process if it ever changes as well.

comment by jonathansampson · 2020-12-13 · in Brave Introduces Brave Today, the Privacy-Preserving News Reader

…And why is it wrong for browsers to do it but it's fine when some search engines do it? --- 0. https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/1cac2377c9a2d5e3587...

comment by celsoazevedo · 2020-12-11 · in Brave Introduces Brave Today, the Privacy-Preserving News Reader

…Link to Brave source code on the Github, inserting affiliate codes into URLs https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/o... There's no valid reason to use a product, adopting totally unethical and scammer techniques. O

comment by Nginx487 · 2020-09-23 · in Total number of Brave Browser Publishers

This is how much Binance stuff is already built into Brave: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/search?q=binance&unscope...

comment by davidgerard · 2020-06-07 · in The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/o... The list of suggested sites have embedded referral links.

comment by sadturnip · 2020-06-07 · in The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

It was the co-founder & CTO that authored the commits, not a rouge engineer: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/commits/master/component... https://github.com/bbondy

comment by s_y_n_t_a_x · 2020-06-06 · in The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

It's not just "binance.us", it's common terms like "bitcoin", "btc", "ltc", "eth", etc. https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/o... Eich's tweet worsens things as it omits that fact. I see there is already a user…

comment by s_y_n_t_a_x · 2020-06-06 · in The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes

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Brave Browser redirects some URLs to affiliate links

story by zelly · 2020-06-06 · 0 comments

…be the first use of Rust in a non-Firefox production release browser? If not, what was the first? https://github.com/brave/brave-core/search?q=rust https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust-ffi https://github.com/brave/adblock-rust

comment by mlinksva · 2019-06-27 · in Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust

…we can deliver in our next product release (0.60.x - 9 days from now) edit: issue is now fixed! https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/1633 I also captured feedback on being able to customize/opt-out of this functionality with…

comment by bsclifton · 2019-02-11 · in Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests

Function where this url is called: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/8305d502aa72a558481...

comment by useranon · 2019-02-10 · in Brave browser can inject headers in HTTP requests

As mentioned by phit_: https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/b...

comment by rvnx · 2019-02-10 · in Brave Privacy Browser Is Whitelisting Trackers of Facebook and Twitter

looks like it is? https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/master/components/b...

comment by phit_ · 2019-02-10 · in Brave Privacy Browser Is Whitelisting Trackers of Facebook and Twitter

Correction: The third GitHub link should have read github.com/brave/brave-core (instead of "browser-core").

comment by jonathansampson · 2018-09-13 · in Brave files adtech complaint against Google