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I'm not too sure what ublock does entirely, but it seems to focus more on blocking content of the site. Like images, iframes, scripts, etc. Chrome does a lot o
by turblety 7y ago
I'm not too sure what ublock does entirely, but it seems to focus more on blocking content of the site. Like images, iframes, scripts, etc.
Chrome does a lot of calling home. Like, a LOT [1][2]. For example, it checks sites are "safe" (as according to Google's standards) running every website you visit through their servers.
Brave tries to disable most of this.
1. https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
2. https://brave.com/brave-tops-browser-first-run-network-traffic-results/ https://brave.com/brave-tops-browser-first-run-network-traff...
- caymanjim 7y agouBlock is the go-to "it just works" ad-blocker for Chrome. Everyone used to use AdBlock Plus, but then they started running a protection racket where advertisers could buy whitelisting.
- lern_too_spel 7y agoBrave uses the same safe browsing implementation as Chrome. > running every website you visit through their servers. That's not how it works.
- turblety 7y agoFeel free to add some more facts/sources/links to prove your claim please. Brave proxies requests [1] to Google to ensure they do not get the details of the website you are visiting. 1. https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Proxy-redirected-URLs https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Proxy-redirected...
- lern_too_spel 7y agoThe proxy doesn't modify the request. It just hides who it is coming from. That just means Brave knows who it is coming from instead of Google.
- mthoms 7y ago>it checks sites are "safe" (as according to Google's standards) running every website you visit through their servers. It only sends a partial hash of the url/domain. It's not feasible to deduce browsing history from the hash.