My Brave Browser Setup and Recommendations

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://brave.com/download/ - Brave Browser Download https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebRTC_API - WebRTC Explained https://brave.com/privacy/browser/#safe-browsing - Brave Safe Browsing Privacy Policy https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome - Bypass Paywalls Extension Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. So I’m going to be brave here and to share with you my brave browser settings. Before that, I want to make a quick disclaimer, there is some benefit that comes with just using the default settings the browser comes with, you blend in with all the other default installs instead of using a customized browser. Brave is what I’m using right now on my desktop. On my mobile, I’m using vanadium. Privacy and security are always changing. So what you see now will likely evolve over time and change. But this is what works well for me at the time of this recording. In the past, I used Safari on Googled chromium, chromium, Firefox with a bunch of add ons. So take it with a grain of salt, always do your own research and use my advice as a starting point to figure out what’s best for you. And then lastly, as far as security goes, Chromium is more secure than Firefox at this time, which is why I’m using brave a chromium based browser. The only time I use Firefox is when I’m using Tor browser. So for this demonstration, I’ll be using a fresh install of brave on Windows 11. So once you first install brave, you’ll see this screen, I’m going to just click Skip welcome tour, you’re presented with this busy dashboard. And the first thing we’re going to do to start our customization, click the three bars in the upper right hand corner and go into settings. If you already have brave installed on your computer, you can just follow along and go into the settings. So on the first section getting started, I just leave all this set to the default, I don’t change anything here, you can make brave your default browser if you want. ...

December 19, 2022 Ā· 11 min Ā· 2278 words Ā· Josh

How Microsoft killed 'Do Not Track'

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_21i.htm - Firefox Snake Oil - Main article referenced https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/online-trackers-and-social-networks - EFF original announcement of DNT https://gizmodo.com/do-not-track-the-privacy-tool-used-by-millions-of-peop-1828868324 https://www.wired.com/story/browser-fingerprinting-tracking-explained/ https://www.groovypost.com/reviews/internet-explorer-10-preview-windows-7/ https://www.wired.com/2012/08/microsoft-do-not-track-is-good-for-users-on-by-default-in-ie-10/) https://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-stops-supporting-not-track-privacy-setting-163054926.html - Yahoo stopping support for DNT https://martech.org/know-twitters-latest-privacy-policy-update/ - Twitter stopping support for DNT https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761 - Google doesn’t support DNT https://www.macworld.com/article/232426/apple-safari-removing-do-not-track.html - Apple removes DNT from Safari How to disable ā€œDo Not Trackā€ in popular browsers https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761 - How to disable ā€œDo Not Trackā€ in Chrome https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-turn-do-not-track-feature - How to disable ā€œDo Not Trackā€ in Firefox https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/do-not-track-setting-in-edge/b3d7b40f-dfce-47f7-b9ab-9d0e940ccf97 - How to disable ā€œDo Not Trackā€ in Edge Transcript Please excuse any grammatical errors. I used a tool to generate the transcript and haven’t had a chance to read through it yet. ...

December 12, 2022 Ā· 4 min Ā· 674 words Ā· Josh

Apple is still tracking you.

šŸŽ„ Video Link Links referenced for video https://www.emarketer.com/content/apple-ad-revenues-skyrocket-amid-its-privacy-changes - Apple ad revenues skyrocket amid its privacy changes https://www.ft.com/content/074b881f-a931-4986-888e-2ac53e286b9d - Apple’s privacy changes create windfall for its own advertising business https://www.ft.com/content/69396795-f6e1-4624-95d8-121e4e5d7839 - Apple reaches quiet truce over iPhone privacy changes https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/ - App privacy details on the App Store https://jamesfriend.com.au/pce-js/pce-js-apps/ - Classic Mac terminal emulator https://blackkite.com/data-breaches-caused-by-third-parties/ - Data breaches caused by third parties

June 5, 2022 Ā· 1 min Ā· 62 words Ā· Josh