A Brave new world: Get the latest info on a new search engine

 

How is Brave different?

For starters, Brave blocks the tracking scripts businesses use to capture your web behavior, and ultimately, serve you ads. Brave underscores the fact that, as internet users, we presumably all know that our data is being stored and sold. This leads to wealthy web companies and pushes publishers out of business, they say.

With the Brave web browser, the developers claim to deliver speed, security and privacy by blocking trackers — all while offering you the chance to earn rewards when you opt into Brave’s “privacy-respecting” ads. This, they say, helps give content publishers their “fair share” of online revenue. So far, Brave claims more than 10 million users have signed up to use it. 

How does Brave work? 

Here’s how Brave puts it:

They make it harder for sites to track you

As you search online, Brave Shields work to protect your privacy by making you harder to track as you go from site to site. Since sites often include trackers that follow you as you browse, Shields blocks the tracking content, working to keep you safer.