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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Firefox, by default and out of the box, sends your keystrokes to Google. Brave asked the USPS to deliver a printed JPEG to people who live within your Zip Code (and you happened to get one as well). These two things are quite different in t
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
I work at Brave. We don't track you, or expose any data (we don't even have your data to begin with). Reputable researchers have found Brave to exist in a class of its own as the "most private" popular browser tested: h
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
KYC isn't required for users. You can download Brave, opt-in to Rewards, earn BAT, and support content creators across the Web, and all without KYC. But if you wish to deposit/withdraw, then KYC is required (by relevant AML laws&#
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Please see the second half of this response: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31086397 . Imagine I presented you with $10 (from my own pocket), and asked you where it should be spent. You told me "Doc's Pub, ov
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Nice catch! I was referring to https://twitter.com/BraveSampson/ . Profile updated.
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
> The other 30 percent goes right to Brave's pockets. In other words, they directly profit off of showing you advertisements. Correct. We are able to continue developing Brave with the remaining 30%. In this arrangement, the user ch
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Please see the "Why is AMP Harmful?" section :) https://brave.com/privacy-updates/18-de-amp/#why-is-amp-harm...
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Good point. On Twitter my name is "BraveSampson," and I often forget that isn't the case here as well. FWIW, I'm Sampson, and I work in Developer Relations at Brave. I have that in my bio here, to help a bit.
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Brave's Ads are optional (off-by default in the case of Ad Notifications), and matched-on device (so no user data leaves the machine). There is no conflict of interest here; Brave doesn't harvest user data. The Brave Rewards/
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Heads up: I work at Brave. As such, I encourage you to check my claims, verify my sources, and don't take anything I say for granted. Always happy to provide more context as needed :) Firefox literally sends your keystrokes to Google,
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
No miner; in fact we were the first browser (to my knowledge) to block crypto-miners back in 2017/18 when they began appearing on the Web (and being delivered via third-party ad networks). Brave does come with Brave Rewards, and option
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
No application is perfect, but running Brave is pretty safe. The browser is based on aggressively-tested components, hosted in the open, updated regularly, and routinely hammered-on by reputable folks in the security industry. Not to mentio
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Running a browser is better than running a browser in addition to several extensions for functionality that could be integrated natively, resulting in less overhead. But yes, you will need to use a browser to browse the Web
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
That link is meant to jump to https://brave.com/privacy-updates/18-de-amp/#why-is-amp-harm... , just a bit further down the page. Apologies for the confusion
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
I think you demonstrated in your own post why this is such a big deal. Extensions can certainly deliver this type of functionality in large part, but you have to [run an extension]. You need to ran an extension process (with its additional
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
I think you read too quickly, or skipped over a few key parts. Yes, AMP can cause some pages/content to load more slowly. This was stated in the write-up, and supported a link to Google's own DOJ disclosures. In that source we rea
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by jonathansampson 4y ago
Great question. Brave's advertising is presently done on the New Tab Page, via Sponsored Images. No AMP impact there. Users who opt-in to Brave's Ad Notifications will occasionally (frequency thresholds are governed by the user) s
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
I'm not suggesting you avoid Google _because it has ads_; the ads aren't the problem. The problem is Google being the first-party domain. I'm telling you not to walk into the dragon's den at all; you're wanting to
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Resolved: User had a very out-of-date build of Brave. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29471236 for more details.
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Resolved: User had a very out-of-date build of Brave. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29471236 for more details.
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Resolved: User had a very out-of-date build of Brave. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29471236 for more details.
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Resolved: User had a very out-of-date build of Brave. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29471236 for more details.
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Resolved: User had a very out-of-date build of Brave. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29471236 for more details.
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Resolved: User had a very out-of-date build of Brave. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29471236 for more details.
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
The author was able to confirm (see https://arunmozhi.in/2021/12/06/goodbye-brave/comment-page-1... ) that they had been using version 1.18.77 of Brave (released nearly one year ago in December of 2020).
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
If the user navigates to Google, the user is handing themselves to Google. If the user wishes to block first-party content on Google (which doesn't amplify their risk in any way), Brave supports that option via Aggressive Mode . Brave
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Are you able to share examples of sites which aren't loading well in Brave? We'd be happy to take a closer look and see what can be done. To your question though, it's technically possible for a site to throttle bandwidth for
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
First-party advertising is not necessarily privacy-invading since first-party ads offer no extra reach into the user's data than is already possible from the site itself. If you're on a Google-owned site, an in-situ first-party ad
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
It's alarming how cavalier people are with spreading made-up explanations when something isn't working as expected. But we're always here and happy to chat about what's actually happening (provided there is indeed an i
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by jonathansampson 5y ago
Great question! Dates and times are one of the most loathed obstacles in writing software that needs to work a particular way across millions of devices situated all across the globe in different regions and time zones. In our case, we had

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