▲ 707 ▼ Stop using Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news) submitted 2 years ago by whou@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org 280 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] doylio@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah this article is not very convincing Brave is great! No ads, Tor built in, and can install Chrome extensions. I don't use their crypto wallet and it's never bothered me permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ad will be injected soon. Tor is not built in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doylio@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Tor is not built in Source? I've used Tor with Brave permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 8 points 2 years ago You've used onion links. Brave implemented unsecured onion protocol in thier Chromium browser. Anything using Firefox as a base can run onion links with a simple add on because Tor is just Firefox. Vivaldi comes with onion support right out of the box, doesn't support hate and is malware free. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Makeshift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago I use brave and think it's the best browser available, so I'm not arguing against it or anything, but technically it just supports use of the onion protocol, it does not provide the same full suite of protections that the tor browser does As Brave says themselves: For users who currently require leakproof privacy, we recommend using the Tor Browser, which provides much stronger and well-tested protection against websites or eavesdroppers using advanced techniques to uncover a true IP address. https://brave.com/tor-tabs-beta/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ad will be injected soon. Tor is not built in. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doylio@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Tor is not built in Source? I've used Tor with Brave permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 8 points 2 years ago You've used onion links. Brave implemented unsecured onion protocol in thier Chromium browser. Anything using Firefox as a base can run onion links with a simple add on because Tor is just Firefox. Vivaldi comes with onion support right out of the box, doesn't support hate and is malware free. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Makeshift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago I use brave and think it's the best browser available, so I'm not arguing against it or anything, but technically it just supports use of the onion protocol, it does not provide the same full suite of protections that the tor browser does As Brave says themselves: For users who currently require leakproof privacy, we recommend using the Tor Browser, which provides much stronger and well-tested protection against websites or eavesdroppers using advanced techniques to uncover a true IP address. https://brave.com/tor-tabs-beta/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doylio@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Tor is not built in Source? I've used Tor with Brave permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 8 points 2 years ago You've used onion links. Brave implemented unsecured onion protocol in thier Chromium browser. Anything using Firefox as a base can run onion links with a simple add on because Tor is just Firefox. Vivaldi comes with onion support right out of the box, doesn't support hate and is malware free. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Makeshift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago I use brave and think it's the best browser available, so I'm not arguing against it or anything, but technically it just supports use of the onion protocol, it does not provide the same full suite of protections that the tor browser does As Brave says themselves: For users who currently require leakproof privacy, we recommend using the Tor Browser, which provides much stronger and well-tested protection against websites or eavesdroppers using advanced techniques to uncover a true IP address. https://brave.com/tor-tabs-beta/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film 8 points 2 years ago You've used onion links. Brave implemented unsecured onion protocol in thier Chromium browser. Anything using Firefox as a base can run onion links with a simple add on because Tor is just Firefox. Vivaldi comes with onion support right out of the box, doesn't support hate and is malware free. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Makeshift@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago I use brave and think it's the best browser available, so I'm not arguing against it or anything, but technically it just supports use of the onion protocol, it does not provide the same full suite of protections that the tor browser does As Brave says themselves: For users who currently require leakproof privacy, we recommend using the Tor Browser, which provides much stronger and well-tested protection against websites or eavesdroppers using advanced techniques to uncover a true IP address. https://brave.com/tor-tabs-beta/ permalink fedilink source parent