Use Brave
I do NOT trust Brave browser. Why? Because :
- Brave spies on you
- Money-Servant
- Illegal and deceptive
- Cash-grab & double dip
- Primitive
Below are sources, alternatives Tor Browser, Firefox, Ungoogled-Chromium, and details for those interested
spy on you
- Brave browser spies on you and reports your activity to both Amazon, Criteo Corp, Highwinds Network Group, Facebook, Twitter
- Suspicious outbound connections from Brave browser on UDP port 137
Source
• Screenshot during Brave installation at https://i.postimg.cc/zGYzmNbg/brave-browser-spies-on-you.jpg
______• http://1e100.net is googles server.
• https://michaelhorowitz.com/BraveBrowserUDP137.php
______• https://archive.md/RzKhi
Money-Servant
Brave browser is owned by a for-profit corporation "Brave Software, Inc.". It is not owned by a not-for-profit community. Usually a corporation first priority is to hoard money. Not serve you and protect your privacy. In other words, Brave is risky to increasingly be a Money-Servant. Not a People-Servant.
Source
• https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=317170098
______• https://archive.md/oEby8
"illegal and deceptive"
In April 2016, the CEO of the Newspaper Association of America, David Chavern, said that Brave's proposed replacement of advertising "should be viewed as illegal and deceptive by the courts, consumers, and those who value the creation of content".[20][21]
Source
• https://www.pcmag.com/news/343583/newspapers-ad-blocking-brave-browser-is-illegal-deceptive
______• https://archive.md/awAQd
• https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2016/u-s-newspapers-to-ad-blocker-drop-dead/
______• https://archive.md/jtk4t
"cash-grab" & "double dip"
In January 2016, in reaction to Brave Software's initial announcement, Sebastian Anthony of Ars Technica described Brave as a "cash-grab" and a "double dip". Anthony concluded, "Brave is an interesting idea, but generally it's rather frowned upon to stick your own ads in front of someone else's". TechCrunch, Computerworld, and Engadget termed Brave's ad replacement plans "controversial" in 2016.
Source
______• https://archive.md/8bHJS
______• https://archive.md/UKbSb
______• https://archive.md/yeQuU
• https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/20/privacy-browser-brave-pays-crypto-tokens-ads/
______• https://archive.md/M8PIY
"primitive"
In February 2016, Andy Patrizio of Network World reviewed a pre-release version of Brave. Patrizio criticized the browser's feature set as "mighty primitive,"
Source
• http://www.networkworld.com/article/3030134/microsoft-subnet/benchmark-tests-brave-browser-ad-blocker-chrome-firefox-ie-11.html ______• https://archive.md/sIOm5
Alternatives to Brave
Alternative 1 of 3. Tor Browser.
Tor Browser is easy to install and use. And it is by far the strongest privacy and security. But it is slower.
Get Tor Browser at https://www.torproject.org/download/
Alternative 2 of 3. Firefox.
Firefox is the easiest to install and use. It is also the fastest of all browser. It has good security and privacy. But not as strong as Tor Browser above. Both Tor Browser and Firefox could be installed on the same device and us at the same time.
Get Tor Browser at http://mozilla.org/firefox
Alternative 3 of 3. Ungoogled-Chromium browser with Chromium Web Store extension.
Chromium is the internet browser which powered Brave, Chrome, and other browsers. Ungoogled-Chromium is an alternative to all other Chromium based browser.
Your main benefit with Ungoogled-Chromium is that it is WITHOUT any string attached to Google Chrome. Because it does NOT depend on Google web services. In other words, when using Ungoogled-Chromium, Google is NOT able to collect your private data. So you get a stronger privacy.
Introduction video of 2 minutes about Ungoogled-Chromium and the Chromium Web Store extension at https://streamable.com/655nn
Chromium Web Store allows you to get for free ALL Chrome Web Store extension WITHOUT a Google Account
Download and Install Ungoogled-Chromium
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Ungoogled-Chromium at https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium#downloads
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Optional Chromium Web Store at https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store#chromium-web-store
Use Brave
I do NOT trust Brave browser. Why? Because :
- Brave spies on you
- Money-Servant
- Illegal and deceptive
- Cash-grab & double dip
- Primitive
Below are sources, alternative Ungoogled-Chromium, and details for those interested
spy on you
- Brave browser spies on you and reports your activity to both Amazon, Criteo Corp, Highwinds Network Group, Facebook, Twitter
- Suspicious outbound connections from Brave browser on UDP port 137
Source
• Screenshot during Brave installation at https://i.postimg.cc/zGYzmNbg/brave-browser-spies-on-you.jpg
______• http://1e100.net is googles server.
• https://michaelhorowitz.com/BraveBrowserUDP137.php
______• https://archive.md/RzKhi
Money-Servant
Brave browser is owned by a for-profit corporation "Brave Software, Inc.". It is not owned by a not-for-profit community. Usually a corporation first priority is to hoard money. Not serve you and protect your privacy. In other words, Brave is risky to increasingly be a Money-Servant. Not a People-Servant.
Source
• https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=317170098
______• https://archive.md/oEby8
"illegal and deceptive"
In April 2016, the CEO of the Newspaper Association of America, David Chavern, said that Brave's proposed replacement of advertising "should be viewed as illegal and deceptive by the courts, consumers, and those who value the creation of content".[20][21]
Source
• https://www.pcmag.com/news/343583/newspapers-ad-blocking-brave-browser-is-illegal-deceptive
______• https://archive.md/awAQd
• https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2016/u-s-newspapers-to-ad-blocker-drop-dead/
______• https://archive.md/jtk4t
"cash-grab" & "double dip"
In January 2016, in reaction to Brave Software's initial announcement, Sebastian Anthony of Ars Technica described Brave as a "cash-grab" and a "double dip". Anthony concluded, "Brave is an interesting idea, but generally it's rather frowned upon to stick your own ads in front of someone else's". TechCrunch, Computerworld, and Engadget termed Brave's ad replacement plans "controversial" in 2016.
Source
______• https://archive.md/8bHJS
______• https://archive.md/UKbSb
______• https://archive.md/yeQuU
• https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/20/privacy-browser-brave-pays-crypto-tokens-ads/
______• https://archive.md/M8PIY
"primitive"
In February 2016, Andy Patrizio of Network World reviewed a pre-release version of Brave. Patrizio criticized the browser's feature set as "mighty primitive,"
Source
• http://www.networkworld.com/article/3030134/microsoft-subnet/benchmark-tests-brave-browser-ad-blocker-chrome-firefox-ie-11.html ______• https://archive.md/sIOm5
Alternative to Brave
Ungoogled-Chromium browser with Chromium Web Store extension
Chromium is the internet browser which powered Brave, Chrome, and other browsers. Ungoogled-Chromium is an alternative to all other Chromium based browser.
Your main benefit with Ungoogled-Chromium is that it is WITHOUT any string attached to Google Chrome. Because it does NOT depend on Google web services. In other words, when using Ungoogled-Chromium, Google is NOT able to collect your private data. So you get a stronger privacy.
Introduction video of 2 minutes about Ungoogled-Chromium and the Chromium Web Store extension at https://streamable.com/655nn
Chromium Web Store allows you to get for free ALL Chrome Web Store extension WITHOUT a Google Account
Download and Install
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Ungoogled-Chromium at https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium#downloads
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Optional Chromium Web Store at https://github.com/NeverDecaf/chromium-web-store#chromium-web-store