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Brave Sync would probably be a better fit. Brave is already built on top of Chromium, it's open source, and they recently "rebuilt [it] to be more directly comp

by yepguy 6y ago

Brave Sync would probably be a better fit. Brave is already built on top of Chromium, it's open source, and they recently "rebuilt [it] to be more directly compatible with the Chromium sync system" [1]. It's also E2EE and doesn't require an account. [1]: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047642371-Sync-FAQ https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047642371-Syn...

lern_too_spel 6y ago
Brave will sue you if you try to use its services with a different browser. https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269890055822118912?s=20 https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269890055822118912?s...
- bsclifton 6y ago
  The service itself is open source and can be hosted by a community. It has a different authentication scheme (ex: not Google accounts) and enforces client side encryption by default. See https://github.com/brave/go-sync https://github.com/brave/go-sync for more information The official service hosted by Brave is only intended to be used with Brave Browser
mike_d 6y ago
Brave literally injects code and alters the UI of sites you visit to sell dubious cryptocurrencies. It boggles my mind when people recommend Brave in a privacy/security context.
- dsissitka 6y ago
  > Brave literally injects code... Source?
  - lern_too_spel 6y ago
    https://brave.com/tips/#:~:text=When%20you%20visit%20Twitter%20in,Brave%20Rewards%20account%20within%20minutes https://brave.com/tips/#:~:text=When%20you%20visit%20Twitter....
- bsclifton 6y ago
  I think what you're describing are the "Tip" buttons which can be added on a few supported sites (which can be disabled). They aren't selling anything- it's a feature which people can use if they like. The server implementation for sync is mostly compatible with Chromium and can be used without Brave. Someone could clone https://github.com/brave/go-sync https://github.com/brave/go-sync and stand up their own server. It would require some patches on top of Chromium (similar to what is done in Brave) to implement the authentication - but once that is done, all of the Chromium tools like chrome://sync-internals work just fine

by yepguy 6y ago

lern_too_spel 6y ago

Brave will sue you if you try to use its services with a different browser. https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269890055822118912?s=20 https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269890055822118912?s...

bsclifton 6y ago
The service itself is open source and can be hosted by a community. It has a different authentication scheme (ex: not Google accounts) and enforces client side encryption by default. See https://github.com/brave/go-sync https://github.com/brave/go-sync for more information The official service hosted by Brave is only intended to be used with Brave Browser

mike_d 6y ago

Brave literally injects code and alters the UI of sites you visit to sell dubious cryptocurrencies. It boggles my mind when people recommend Brave in a privacy/security context.

dsissitka 6y ago
> Brave literally injects code... Source?
- lern_too_spel 6y ago
  https://brave.com/tips/#:~:text=When%20you%20visit%20Twitter%20in,Brave%20Rewards%20account%20within%20minutes https://brave.com/tips/#:~:text=When%20you%20visit%20Twitter....
bsclifton 6y ago
I think what you're describing are the "Tip" buttons which can be added on a few supported sites (which can be disabled). They aren't selling anything- it's a feature which people can use if they like. The server implementation for sync is mostly compatible with Chromium and can be used without Brave. Someone could clone https://github.com/brave/go-sync https://github.com/brave/go-sync and stand up their own server. It would require some patches on top of Chromium (similar to what is done in Brave) to implement the authentication - but once that is done, all of the Chromium tools like chrome://sync-internals work just fine