XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.windows7.general   
   From: mayayana@invalid.nospam   
      
   "Rene Lamontagne"  wrote   
      
   | *Brave* is touted to be the safest but I haven't used it, Has anyone   
   | done tests to see if it is as safe and secure as some claim? It would be   
   | great if it was that good.   
   |   
      
     Download the PDF. Brave is included and said to be   
   the least intrusive. But that's not saying a lot. It still   
   does a lot of calling home. And Brave has been periodically   
   switching the business model. Throughout they've been   
   trying to come up with a system where people will agree to   
   see ads and they now have their own ad network. So   
   they're basically taking the view that the Internet is   
   destined to be a commercial venue and it's their job to   
   make that work.   
      
     For that reason I haven't and won't use Brave. To me   
   their approach is a mix of sleaze, idealism, and throwing in   
   the towel. It's also dubious to have the vehicle become   
   the service. A browser should be neutral. They're trying to   
   turn it into a consumer payment system. That's like buying   
   a car with buttons to order pizza, rent movies, etc. I don't   
   want my browser acting as an intermediary between myself   
   and website owners. Eventually they'd end up selling that   
   data. And I don't want to support a browser that assumes   
   the Internet is merely a commercial venue that needs ads   
   and payments to work.   
      
    As for security, I don't know. I haven't seen any claims   
   that it's safe. It's just Chromium with its own ads and   
   "micropayment" program. So the security is probably the   
   same as for Chrome.   
      
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