This is great, and the fact that it clears HTTP cache and DNS cache is different from (and more aggressive on protecting privacy) other browsers and methods.
I use Firefox as my primary browser with Temporary Containers [1] and Cookie AutoDelete [2] (configured to clear local storage too). This combination does not handle DNS cache, but it does keep each tab separate (in Brave’s forgetful browsing, this is by site).
Brave makes it easier to choose Forgetful Browsing, though I just say that the toggle for this should be out in Shields instead of being hidden under Advanced controls. Most people who can figure this out and use it may probably be able to use Firefox and extensions as well. But the friction is a bit higher it’s Firefox and configuring different extensions. Brave should focus on eliminating this friction wherever possible so that the features are discoverable.
I keep Brave handy on my systems even though its not what I use the most. These innovations tilt the balance for me (on some of the negative steps Brave took with respect to ads).
I really want Brave to succeed, and I like where they're going - but temporary containers still seems like a superior approach in pretty much every way.
I've been using Brave as my daily driver for a while now. I like it. I understand people don't like crypto blah blah blah but you don't have to use it.
I am so used to seeing websites rendered in Brave (both mobile and desktop), that whenever I am forced to use a standard Chrome/Edge/Firefox I am appalled at the experience. The ad bombardment is unrelenting, and I my mental reflexes to tune them out have atrophied to the point where I don't understand how anyone can use the web with a "normal" browser.
The crypto stuff I just ignore.
Very occasionally a web site will break in Brave but work in Chrome, but those instances are converging to zero based on about 5 years of use.
Me too. I mean I use several browsers at the same time, but Brave has become the "main" browser I use for all my personal browsing (work shit, I leave in Chrome).
But the thing is I don't like Brave, either. I don't like the crypto, and I don't like the business model (replace websites' chosen ads with their own ads). And, in that way we judge people whom we don't know personally based on the set of things we do know about them, I don't like Brandon Eich.
Nevertheless, for around a year and counting, I use Brave the most because it's just the best browser. It's fast, and blocks a lot more of the shit I don't ever want to see in my browser without me having to configure anything. (I will note that I do have to turn off all sorts of annoying shit in Brave, like the news and the crypto and the "better" ads, but you only have to do that one time and then it syncs across your other devices.)
It's funny to me that for web browsers today, blocking things has become arguably more important than rendering things, but there it is.
They were the first browser AFAIK to build in blocking for those cunty "we had to smear our web page with feces because of mean old Europe and their GDPR, please please click this to give us permission to let our advertising cabal spy on you using your own hardware" notices.
This is another one in that vein. Allowing any and all "unwanted first-party reidentification" is a nonsense default. I get how it happened, that it wasn't designed for the surveillance capitalist hellscape that the web has become, but whatever; inverting the default on that is definitely how I want my browser on my computer to behave.
I forgot the "w-full" class on the Shields image. I set the "max-w-md" class alone, which sounds like it's supposed to prevent the image from being wider than the viewport itself, but that isn't the case.
It’s great to see innovation in the browser space. Brave has (sort of shoddy, but I think WIP) support for vertical tabs now so I am using it more. As with all browsers just go through the settings on first install and turn off a bunch of stuff, ex. the crypto/rewards stuff (unless you like that sort of thing) and it’s a pretty good browsing experience.
Their search is decent too, has a little section surfacing forum results which is sometimes helpful, and Goggles which I’ve been meaning to use more.
Also the ‘Open in new window with Tor’ is pretty neat
How do you balance using Librewolf default cookie blocking with high frequency sites like email/social media/bank accounts? I find there's a convenience with being logged into some of these sites like the Brave article discusses, instead of having to log in from scratch multiple times a day
Given how simple, trustable, and verifiable it is for the browser to simply enforce the user's 'privacy' preferences by means of dropping unwanted cookies on the ground as soon as the user leaves the site, I am irritated that this wasn't the solution arrived upon many years ago instead of the asinine "This site uses cookies, allow?" warnings that GDPR and CCPA brought upon us. Those, by contrast, are (allegedly) trying to solve a problem inside the website context itself, despite the fact that the APIs they need to use for actually managing cookies are archaic and limited, and also despite the fact that they actually have to remember you to remember your so-called "cookie preferences."
A cookie shouldn't be mentally-modeled like a tattoo, it should be modeled like a leaflet you're handed on the street. You can ignore it, or you can pretend to take it and dispose of it immediately or as soon as you leave. This is the way it should be.
Most of the nefarious tracking is taking place via canvas fingerprinting these days, clearing cookies does nothing but make the unaware user feel good they're "doing something".
Open it in a regular and "incognito" browser tab. This is a long term identifier of your browser which persists across cookie clearing, IP address changes and other ritualistic totems privacy-seeking individuals still inexplicably cling to.
This sounds nice. Since it is incorporated to the Brave Shield, it should be synced across browsers, I think? That would solve the major issue blocking me from using Cookies Auto Delete -- I would have stuff added on one device, then I forgot to export it to my synced folder to import on another device, and I start to lose track about which stuff aren't on which device's list yet.
Brave being able to sync my no JavaScript, block Image, and block Cookies list is why I'm basically "locked-in" to Brave. I don't like its crypto stuff, but I don't see any of the other incorporating as many accessible privacy options that syncs across device as Brave does. I really wish Firefox, or even Vivaldi, would do it because I really don't like the crypto stuff, but I really like almost everything else Brave does.
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I use Firefox as my primary browser with Temporary Containers [1] and Cookie AutoDelete [2] (configured to clear local storage too). This combination does not handle DNS cache, but it does keep each tab separate (in Brave’s forgetful browsing, this is by site).
Brave makes it easier to choose Forgetful Browsing, though I just say that the toggle for this should be out in Shields instead of being hidden under Advanced controls. Most people who can figure this out and use it may probably be able to use Firefox and extensions as well. But the friction is a bit higher it’s Firefox and configuring different extensions. Brave should focus on eliminating this friction wherever possible so that the features are discoverable.
I keep Brave handy on my systems even though its not what I use the most. These innovations tilt the balance for me (on some of the negative steps Brave took with respect to ads).
[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...
[2]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autode...
There's no appreciable difference in response time on my setup, it just hits the local dnscrypt-proxy cache instead.
The crypto stuff I just ignore.
Very occasionally a web site will break in Brave but work in Chrome, but those instances are converging to zero based on about 5 years of use.
uBlock Origin and Sponsor Block work fine for me. Some use pi-hole or a similar DNS-based solution (I use dns.adguard.com on my phone.)
But the thing is I don't like Brave, either. I don't like the crypto, and I don't like the business model (replace websites' chosen ads with their own ads). And, in that way we judge people whom we don't know personally based on the set of things we do know about them, I don't like Brandon Eich.
Nevertheless, for around a year and counting, I use Brave the most because it's just the best browser. It's fast, and blocks a lot more of the shit I don't ever want to see in my browser without me having to configure anything. (I will note that I do have to turn off all sorts of annoying shit in Brave, like the news and the crypto and the "better" ads, but you only have to do that one time and then it syncs across your other devices.)
It's funny to me that for web browsers today, blocking things has become arguably more important than rendering things, but there it is.
They were the first browser AFAIK to build in blocking for those cunty "we had to smear our web page with feces because of mean old Europe and their GDPR, please please click this to give us permission to let our advertising cabal spy on you using your own hardware" notices.
This is another one in that vein. Allowing any and all "unwanted first-party reidentification" is a nonsense default. I get how it happened, that it wasn't designed for the surveillance capitalist hellscape that the web has become, but whatever; inverting the default on that is definitely how I want my browser on my computer to behave.
More like this, please.
We've never done this. Why do you think we did or would?
If you're only going to check one thing, shouldn't it be how your own browser loads your site if you're a browser company?
I forgot the "w-full" class on the Shields image. I set the "max-w-md" class alone, which sounds like it's supposed to prevent the image from being wider than the viewport itself, but that isn't the case.
Apologies.
Their search is decent too, has a little section surfacing forum results which is sometimes helpful, and Goggles which I’ve been meaning to use more.
Also the ‘Open in new window with Tor’ is pretty neat
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js -- If you're constrained using ff
Or do you never enable cookies? Just curious
Given how simple, trustable, and verifiable it is for the browser to simply enforce the user's 'privacy' preferences by means of dropping unwanted cookies on the ground as soon as the user leaves the site, I am irritated that this wasn't the solution arrived upon many years ago instead of the asinine "This site uses cookies, allow?" warnings that GDPR and CCPA brought upon us. Those, by contrast, are (allegedly) trying to solve a problem inside the website context itself, despite the fact that the APIs they need to use for actually managing cookies are archaic and limited, and also despite the fact that they actually have to remember you to remember your so-called "cookie preferences."
A cookie shouldn't be mentally-modeled like a tattoo, it should be modeled like a leaflet you're handed on the street. You can ignore it, or you can pretend to take it and dispose of it immediately or as soon as you leave. This is the way it should be.
Open it in a regular and "incognito" browser tab. This is a long term identifier of your browser which persists across cookie clearing, IP address changes and other ritualistic totems privacy-seeking individuals still inexplicably cling to.
Brave being able to sync my no JavaScript, block Image, and block Cookies list is why I'm basically "locked-in" to Brave. I don't like its crypto stuff, but I don't see any of the other incorporating as many accessible privacy options that syncs across device as Brave does. I really wish Firefox, or even Vivaldi, would do it because I really don't like the crypto stuff, but I really like almost everything else Brave does.