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Why I recommend against Brave. (thelibre.news)
submitted 1 week ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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If you are keen on personal privacy, you might have come across Brave Browser. Brave is a Chromium-based browser that promises to deliver privacy with built-in ad-blocking and content-blocking protection. It also offers several quality-of-life features and services, like a VPN and Tor access. I mean, it's even listed on the reputable PrivacyTools website. Why am I telling you to steer clear of this browser, then?

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[–] misteloct@lemmy.world 74 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

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Brave search allows misinformation goggles for anyone that believes 2 + 2 = 5.

[–] LordBaphomet97933@lemm.ee 47 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Of course Brave would so something like this. This isn't surprising whatsoever. It's still horrible they're even choosing to enable this whatsoever.

Edit: I just checked what kind of shit they pull up on Transgender issues when using those goggles. It's as bad as I thought it would be. Fuck Brave for enabling this garbage.

[–] misteloct@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yep it's literally half of the results. I'm astounded that this is legal. Well not that astounded.

[–] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 11 points 6 days ago

I mean Daily Mail should set off an alarm for any sentient being.

[–] NeonKnight52@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Am I misunderstanding something? That's what I would expect to see from any search engine when you search for "vaccines" and "news from the right".

[–] Spectrism@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, the feature is working exactly as intended, and therein lies the problem.

[–] NeonKnight52@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

So people would rather Brave doctored their search results than showed them what they searched for? I genuinely don't know what else right-wing news outlets would write about vaccines 🤣

[–] cortex7979@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

That's crazy. Fuck them