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this: https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html this: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/app/trac... also this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)#Controvers... then this:…

comment by bigbugbag · 2022-03-18 · in Each Firefox download has a unique identifier

…browsers are at the mercy of Google, and Google is stalling us for no communicated-to-us reason. https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10449#issueco... So yeah, you can fork chromium and make your own nifty browser. But do not…

comment by rndgermandude · 2021-04-16 · in FLoC Away from Chrome

…web standards to shut out competitors. [0]: https://github.com/castlabs/electron-releases [1]: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10449#issueco...

comment by danShumway · 2021-01-21 · in I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019)

…You're right that it's not building a rendering engine and JavaScript interpreter though. [0] https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop

comment by smaddock · 2021-01-20 · in I tried creating a web browser and Google blocked me (2019)

…your competitor to be able to provide an adequate product. Let's say that's kind of subpar. [1]: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10449

comment by MrGilbert · 2020-04-30 · in Cliqz is shutting down

…purpose browser, and is getting better. The naysayers are welcome to backup their claims ;) 1: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/wiki/Fingerprinting-... 2: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5614 3:…

comment by pes10k · 2019-12-28 · in Brave Isn't Bad

…as it's not possible to disable autoupdates on either one; Brave developers repeatedly (see https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/1877 ) disregarded community's complaints about this issue (ironically, going against…

comment by cnst · 2019-08-27 · in What happens when you launch Google Chrome for the first time?

…years old, so how is this news now? And what's this "i wonder," do we not know how to use git here? https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/commit/c4cd7c1dc41a0... https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/commit/6edf56775f256...…

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

…commit to that line was 3 years ago with the comment "unblocking embedding of twitter timelines". https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/commit/c4cd7c1dc41a0... Also I just realized that is an archived repo that isn't used any more. I…

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

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Brave Privacy Browser Is Whitelisting Trackers of Facebook and Twitter

story by rvnx · 2019-02-10 · 24 comments

…to identify that the user is running Brave (but there are other exceptions in the code, like at https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/js/data/... ) but in practice, the Brave developers can inject any header into any website…

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

…have a unique User-Agent. "Removed Brave from the User Agent HTTP header to reduce fingerprinting" https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/CHANGELO...

comment by tyingq · 2018-11-10 · in Has Chrome fully taken over yet?

…you check the commit history, there are really funny discoveries (woops adobe.com is whitelisted) https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10020 Almost all their commits in some other repos: https://github.com/brave/browser-android-ta…

comment by trwx1 · 2018-10-19 · in Brave 0.55 released

Code links: JS implementation in Muon-based https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop product: 1. https://github.com/brave-intl/bat-client/blob/master/index.j... 2. https://github.com/brave-intl/bat-client/blob/master/index.j... 3.…

comment by BrendanEich · 2018-10-06 · in Brave – A private, secure and fast browser

…party! BTW, if you think Brave is any better, they refused to disable the autoupdate. https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/1877 TBH, between the lines, I got the impression that it's part of the business plan, where an outdated…

comment by cnst · 2018-09-24 · in Why I’m done with Chrome

…engineer, Brave is an open book. We talk about features before they're shipped, our source is open to all (github.com/brave/browser-laptop, github.com/brave/brave-browser, github.com/brave/browser-core, etc.), and we regularly host AMAs.…

comment by jonathansampson · 2018-09-12 · in Brave files adtech complaint against Google

…it won't have the same fingerprinting/first-party isolation guarantees as with a Tor Browser, https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/labels/feature/tor Should be shipping soon https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/984231250104733696

comment by jerheinze · 2018-06-01 · in Mozilla Project Fusion: Tor Integration into Firefox

Oh, the issue has devolved into threats against Brave now by FineHub. https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/14041

comment by thebouv · 2018-05-07 · in Is it worth supporting Firefox?

They also opened an interesting issue on Brave browser: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/14041 Looks like their feature detection is based on user agent, and they are angry at Brave for using an user agent that resemble the…

comment by Arr0wH34D · 2018-05-07 · in Is it worth supporting Firefox?

That has already been done [0]. [0] https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop

comment by fahrradflucht · 2018-04-23 · in Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

…[1] https://datproject.org [2] https://pfrazee.hashbase.io/blog/universal-publishing-and-th... [3] https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/9556

comment by TheAceOfHearts · 2018-04-05 · in Don’t Fix Facebook, Replace It

…are lots of good things in store, including Tor on a per-tab basis, which I’m looking forward to: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/wiki/Brave-Tor-Suppo... Brave runs on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android; even if Brendan Eich of…

comment by alwillis · 2018-03-02 · in Firefox Configuration Guide for Privacy Freaks and Performance Buffs

…is a fairly early beta; version 0.20.29 just came out today; dozens of issues and bugs were fixed: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/releases

comment by alwillis · 2018-02-01 · in Ask HN: Are you using Brave for daily browsing?

They run on a fork of Electron: https://github.com/brave/muon https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop

comment by chewmieser · 2018-01-12 · in The browser “Brave” loads major news sites 2x – 8x faster

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Brave Browser integrates IPFS

story by akerro · 2017-12-18 · 0 comments

…their test pilot yesterday. There is only one thing that keeps me away from moving to Brave browser https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/3101 I hope they fix it soon so I can drop Firefox and their "mission". This is second time…

comment by akerro · 2017-12-15 · in Unknown Mozilla dev addon "Looking Glass 1.0.3" on browser

…It's nice to see competition heating up in the browser space again. 1. https://brave.com 2. https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/6902

comment by jamiesonbecker · 2017-09-30 · in It’s time to give Firefox another chance

…common folk, just like they hide their bug where websites can detect if you're in private mode(!): https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/9082#issuecom...

comment by Aissen · 2017-08-10 · in uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions

…Brave is Chromium-based and has anti-fingerprinting tech (which it was the first to include IIRC): https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/wiki/Fingerprinting-... It also works on Brave for Android.

comment by Aissen · 2017-08-09 · in uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions

…relevant ads is part of a future opt-in component of Brave. As always, Brave is hosted in the open: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/

comment by jonathansampson · 2017-06-06 · in Former Mozilla CEO raises $35M in under 30s for his browser startup Brave

…You get while setting a different browser and even AFTER setting a default browser More details: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/7287#issuecom...

comment by bsclifton · 2017-04-15 · in Better battery life with Microsoft Edge

…(though that doesn't mean there can't be security flaws, obviously). Best of all, it's open source: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/LICENSE....

comment by sspiff · 2017-03-29 · in Vivaldi browser v1.8 released, with calendar-style browsing history

…now and am quite impressed. It's certainly got some problems (viewing SSL certificate is broken - https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/2611 ). However, it's pretty slick and the fact it's a real open source browser is quite…

comment by Benjamin_Dobell · 2017-01-30 · in Chrome Widevine DRM can no longer be disabled

…missing chrome.* APIs it might need. https://twitter.com/bravesampson is leading this charge, using https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/projects/1 to keep track and engage with developers. For future extension APIs that go beyond the…

comment by BrendanEich · 2017-01-28 · in I cannot continue working on my add-ons

…if not, to identify what's missing). You can track the progress that he and team have made here: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/projects/1

comment by bsclifton · 2017-01-18 · in Loading Chrome Extensions in Brave

…just block Brave users. Maybe that's part of why Brave no longer uses a unique user agent string ( https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/CHANGELO... ). I am also a little concerned about Brave's ability to respond to security…

comment by penpal223 · 2017-01-18 · in Loading Chrome Extensions in Brave

For another type of application, you can check brave browser source code https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop

comment by riledhel · 2016-10-27 · in Ask HN: What good open source projects written in React that I can learn from?

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A web browser written in JavaScript

story by viebel · 2016-09-15 · 0 comments

Yes, let's see what Brendan Eich has to say about this. https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/package.... ^ Brendan's own company (Brave) uses `standard`, so it's clear he doesn't think omitting semicolons is so bad.

comment by feross · 2016-04-28 · in Proposed JavaScript Standard Style

…perhaps we wouldn't need one if Mozilla hadn't fired Eich for his political contributions? [0] https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/253

comment by jlos · 2016-04-02 · in Mozilla founder unveils Bitcoin-based micropayments system for users, publishers

Public repository: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop

comment by im_dario · 2016-01-27 · in Brave Browser for Desktop and Laptop Computers Running Windows, OS X, and Linux

…Electron framework that is itself based on Node.js and Chromium. https://github.com/brave/electron https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop * The iOS browser is a fork of Firefox for iOS, which is a Swift app developed from scratch by…

comment by e15ctr0n · 2016-01-20 · in Brave: Brendan Eich's clean-ads browser startup

Btw the desktop version of Brave seems to be written in JavaScript: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop

comment by mirap · 2016-01-20 · in Brave: Brendan Eich's clean-ads browser startup

Have you seen git of desktop version? It seems it's completely written in JavaScript: https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop Could such thing be secure?

comment by mirap · 2016-01-20 · in Brave: Brendan Eich's clean-ads browser startup