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    ANyone tried the Brave browser?

    Apparently as regards privacy and ad suppression, Brave is the best thing since sliced bread

    Although doubtless there are others like that, and I know one can open anonymous windows in Firefox.

    Think I'll give Brave a go at the weekend g
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Apparently as regards privacy and ad suppression, Brave is the best thing since sliced bread

    Although doubtless there are others like that, and I know one can open anonymous windows in Firefox.

    Think I'll give Brave a go at the weekend g
    You have something you wish to .. erm.. anonymously browse?

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      #3
      Originally posted by original PM View Post
      You have something you wish to .. erm.. anonymously browse?

      ( . ) ( . )
      No, but don't forget it's not just about privacy. Anything that cuts the carp adware, especially videos, should perform much better.

      But that said, I do find it a bit creepy and irritating when after searching for something in Amazon I am immediately bombarded with ads for the same on other pages.
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        #4
        Originally posted by original PM View Post
        You have something you wish to .. erm.. anonymously browse?

        ( . ) ( . )
        Brave goes a step further than just Private browsing on the local device. It also blocks the tracking tools that most large sites use to figure out where you have been and predict where you are likely to go. It's how they target you with adds on unrelated websites for stuff you've looked at recently.

        It also supports Tor out of the box so you can get properly anonymised browsing if you so wish.

        I've not tried it myself but does look good for those who want to minimize their online trail.
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          #5
          Originally posted by DaveB View Post
          Brave goes a step further than just Private browsing on the local device. It also blocks the tracking tools that most large sites use to figure out where you have been and predict where you are likely to go. It's how they target you with adds on unrelated websites for stuff you've looked at recently.

          It also supports Tor out of the box so you can get properly anonymised browsing if you so wish.

          I've not tried it myself but does look good for those who want to minimize their online trail.
          Ok.....

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            #6
            Why not use Tor itself

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              #7
              You can take our SSL but you will never take our cookies!!!
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #8
                Looks interesting, might give it a try myself
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                  #9
                  Recently swapped to Brave on my Android twitbrick & woah what a difference.
                  Much faster browsing, and with Chrome/Google apps removed my phone suddenly seems to be processing at warp speed.....guess that's due to the lack of all the 'surveillance capitalism' junk spyware watching my every swish.

                  Very impressed!

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                    #10
                    May give it a go.

                    Generally it's a pity that companies, MS, Google etc, don't pay any attention to comments re their browsers on major, often their own, forums. Changes many people want can be quite small but they don't bother. Eg. I quite like Edge but no option, as in IE, to allow cookies only for certain sites.
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