SPT Score - Brave Browser

Brave is a free and open-source web browser developed by Brave Software, Inc. based on the Chromium web browser. Brave is a privacy-focused browser, which automatically blocks some advertisements and website trackers in its default settings. Users can turn on optional ads that reward them for their attention in the form of Basic Attention Tokens (BAT), which can be used as a cryptocurrency or to make payments to registered websites and content creators. Taken from Wikipedia.

Terms of Service, Privacy Policy

Part I: Accounts

Score for Part I: 0

Part II: Use of service

Score for Part II: 5

Part III: Miscellaneous

Score for Part III: -10 (Brave more like bad), +10 (Brave, hell yeah)

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Total Score: 90 (Brave more like bad), 110 (Brave, hell yeah)

Analysis: Even if you don't like the company, you gotta admit that Brave Browser is a lot more private out of the box compared to Firefox. It also would have been one of the best browsers out there if not for the crypto stuff they put in it. I doubt the average web surfer will go out of their way to harden their FF so you can go check out Mullvad Browser first, and if you don't like it then you can use Brave if you want to. Do note that Brave has had its fair share of controversies which, coupled with the Brave crypto stuff they put in the browser and the fact that its a Chromium browser (which indirectly supports Google's monopoly over web browsers), can lead people to recommend against it. Despite all that, there are still people who use Brave. Some argue that Brave is still trustworthy, some use the "separate art from artist" approach, and some just like the crypto (yikes). Regardless, Brave is a solid choice in terms of privacy browsers and an easy recommendation for your family and friends who are still using Chrome, wondering what's a ManifestV3 and why their adblocker doesn't work anymore.



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