I’ve been on a bit of a Brave trip recently, and that’s not about to end now, as I really am liking it as my primary browser. Recent research by a professor at Trinity College at the University of Dublin, Professor Douglas Leith, tested a number of browsers to see how much they “phone home” with…
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Secure content in Brave
If you’re anything like me, you’re frustrated by how many popups you get in browsers and on websites these days – it’s like a minefield! So I’m not overly surprised that the first time I visited Netflix using the Brave browser I dismissed a rather important request to install and allow the Widevine plugin. Unfortunately this…
Basic Attention Tokens (BAT)
One thing that I’m already really liking about Brave is their concept of Basic Attention Tokens (BAT). This is their own cryptocurrency that they pay out when they show you ads, which you have complete control over. And they pay you 70% of the proceeds, which is pretty good, I think. You can also top…
Feeling Brave?
So I’ve recently taken the plunge and switched from Chrome to Brave. And I’ve got to say, so far I’m impressed. The switch itself was pretty painless as it was possible to import most of my Chrome settings into Brave. Tweaking the settings was a doddle, and installing the critical extensions from the Chrome store,…