How to use Brave’s tools to protect your privacy while browsing
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How to use Brave's tools to protect your privacy while browsing
Brave, which came out of beta last fall, is a browser with a difference. Aggressively anti-advertising, the Chromium-based browser strips sites of their ads while allowing users to opt in to its own set of anonymized advertising. It is also very open in its promotion of user privacy.
Brave provides a wide range of security settings that can be tweaked, depending on your concerns and how you need to balance privacy versus convenience.
It uses a feature called Shields to block most ads and the trackers they carry. The tool blocks third-party trackers and any ads that use third-party trackers by default, and makes the browser harder to recognize. You can block first-party cookies or ads manually.
To adjust your Shields settings:
Go to your Settings page. You can access this by clicking the cog icon at the bottom right of the new tab page or by clicking the three-line icon in the top right corner and clicking on Settings. Select Shields.
There are two types of default settings available on the Shields page: Simple View and Advanced View. These govern what you will see when you click on the lion icon to the right of the address bar.
Here you can also toggle "Block cross-site trackers" on or off, block scripts, and adjust your cookie settings to either "Only block cross-site cookies," "Block all cookies," or "Allow all cookies."
Now when you want to see what types of trackers are being blocked or allowed on a specific site, or to change your settings for that site, you simply have to click on the lion icon to get an informative drop-down window.
If you choose Simple View, you will see the number of trackers being blocked; you can also toggle Shields off (if it's causing any prob