cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/21739693 >> Web browser and search startup Brave has laid off 27 employees across the different departments, TechCrunch has learned. The company confirmed the layoffs but didn’t give more details about the total headcount left nor the reason for the layoffs. PitchBook however estimates that Brave has around 191 employees, working out to Brave cutting 14% of […]

Brave used to have an option to disable autoplaying of videos on web pages. But now the option is removed. I found discussions on Brave forums from users asking about it, but no one from the Brave team responds. (see this, this, and this).

I really don't want to believe Brave is intentionally being silent about this, but it's kinda obvious.

Anyone know anything about it?

Update

Apparently this is patched out by Brave, but it is enabled by default. See u/[email protected] 's comment below!

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Vanilla chromium gives google's websites special treatment by offering detailed CPU info, among other things. This is implemented through a hidden browser extension. You can prove this by yourself by running chrome.runtime.sendMessage("nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome", {method: "cpu.getInfo"}, (response) => {console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)); }, ); on google.com through the browser console. For me, it gives the following info:

{ "value": { "archName": "x86_64", "features": [ "mmx", "sse", "sse2", "sse3", "ssse3", "sse4_1", "sse4_2", "avx" ], "modelName": "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz", "numOfProcessors": 4, "processors": [ { "usage": { "idle": 28238205, "kernel": 827581, "total": 32762960, "user": 3697174 } }, { "usage": { "idle": 1455131, "kernel": 743391, "total": 6209241, "user": 4010719 } }, { "usage": { "idle": 1448653, "kernel": 769970, "total": 6068506, "user": 3849883 } }, { "usage": { "idle": 1450274, "kernel": 744886, "total": 5948597, "user": 3753437 } } ], "temperatures": [] } }

Note that this doesn't work on other websites like lemmy.world, only google.

What I am confused about is that I can replicate this behavior in Brave. Why does brave reveal this information to google, and to google only? From what I understand, it can be used for fingerprinting and tracking. Shouldn't this be patched out? Is my testing methodology flawed? Will this be fixed?

Brave version: Version 1.67.123 Chromium: 126.0.6478.126 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit) running on linux via flatpak

I recently noticed when I received a login alert from a service provider, that @bravebrowser does not spoof the Operating System. That can, depending on your OS, enhance finger-printing and be a dead giveaway #BraveBrowser. There definitely needs to be an option to manually or automatically spoof the OS.

@bravebrowser Brave has no intuitive search ... search query: Bruins 2024 playoffs. Return results: stuff from '22, '23, then stuff about Rnd 2 ... nothing about last nights HUGE game 7.

Then I go to Google (ugh) with the same query. First return is the box score followed by a game 7 highlight reel from YT. This is why Google owns search results.

Has anyone else noticed that the @washingtonpost has stepped up their paywall game? Accessing with cookies and Javascript disabled now only gives a short summary cc @bravebrowser

The UK government's attempts to erode your online #privacy never cease. 🇬🇧🕵️

Luckily you've got Tuta in your corner! 🥊

We've teamed up with academics, #cybersecurity researchers, & other privacy oriented companies, like @element and @bravebrowser to fight back!

👉 https://cdt.org/insights/open-letter-from-security-experts-voices-concerns-over-the-proposed-changes-to-uk-investigatory-powers-acts-notices-regime/

Vous avez déjà des messages de #youtube concernant le bloqueur de pub ? Je suis surpris de pas en avoir encore reçu (j'utilise ad blocker plus) ou par défaut sur @bravebrowser

Tanks. @brave @bravebrowser

Mozilla announces they will ship GPC (Global Privacy Control) in Firefox 120. Note : the settings will be done by the user choice and not by default which is the case via DuckDuckGo or Brave cc @mozilla @bravebrowser https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/373F82Jzcjs/m/ImZKgRNIAQAJ

@brave @bravebrowser Cloudflare announced full and complete support for encrypted clienthello on all cloudflare plans and web properties via their blog. Will brave, the company that prides itself on fixing the internet follow suite for brave.com, the brave.com onion and the web servers the Brave Browser itself connects to. Encrypted clienthello, along with DNS over HTTPS, DNSSEC, TLS1.3 and proper certificates identifying the webmaster responsible are essential in today's day and age.

Brave on Linux, different?

Am I the only who thinks that @brave feels different on Linux than on Windows? Not only that some icons look different and that some defaults have different settings, why is "Forgetful Browsing" disabled in the flags (brave://flags), while it's already released on Windows and Android? I checked if I'm maybe using a older version, but nope. I use the same version of Brave as on Windows.

\#privacy #browser @bravebrowser

Saw many people giving 'instructions' on how to make Chrome not spy on you. Why not just use a privacy friendly browser and save all the hassle? I've been using @bravebrowser for years now and I am VERY happy! https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

Just a reminder that the guy behind @bravebrowser @brave was kicked from Mozilla for being a bigoted piece of shit, and that he continues to be a piece of shit attacking the health care workers who saved millions of lives during the pandemic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html

\#covid #brave #brendaneich

I'm choosing a main browser, and I think that firefox with ublock and brave are probably equally good in terms of privacy and security, both of them look quite nice, and both are FOSS. The final thing that I'm considering is resource consumption. This reddit post shows that firefox is better than brave in benchmarks and ram consumption, but what about when firefox has ublock running and brave has all their preinstalled "extension" like brave rewards and wallet disabled (except brave shields is left enabled)?

As of writing this post, Brave browser version 1.56.9 was recently released, and "Forgetful Browsing" is still only available as an experimental flag.

Also they've just skipped versions directly from 1.52 to 1.56, explained here.

Your thoughts?

@brave @bravebrowser Is there going to be a (Google) Maps version on Brave Search anytime soon ?

@bravebrowser Hi,I'm #VisuallyImpaired & use #Voiceover, which is Apple's #Screen-reader. I'm encountering a serious issue with the #iOS version of your app. This affects both the #AppStore & #beta versions. When trying to delete bookmarks, the app immediately crashes. Can you please fix this? This is my favorite browser!

Mobile

1.37.116

• Improved general performance by fixing cosmetic filters. (#22030)
• Added "Enable Tab Group auto creation" setting under "Appearance" which controls the ability to open links in separate tabs. (#22105)
• Fixed rounding issues under Brave Wallet via the "Send" and "Swap" panels by increasing the digits after the decimal to 0.00000000 (8 digits) from 0.000000 (6 digits). (#22257)
• Fixed crash when attempting to send opened tab to another devices on sync chain using "Send to your devices". (#22128)
• Upgraded Chromium to 100.0.4896.127. (#22318) (Changelog for 100.0.4896.127)

Desktop

• Upgraded Chromium to 100.0.4896.127. (#22318) (Changelog for 100.0.4896.127)

In this release, we:

• Added the ability to sync passwords saved in the Brave browser between desktop and your iOS device.
• Improved Brave Shields, especially on sites like youtube.com.
• Added Night Mode, making it easier to view and read websites in low light.

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