Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visited sites

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 11:42 AM UTC

nichch wrote: post #7

niftylettuce wrote: post #3

If you need an alternative to Brave, then see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708688 . This comment also shares the auto-suggestions-for-profit which is another reason I'm not using it. Since I cannot use DDG nor Brave, the only alternative (besides the currently bloated Firefox -- in my biased opinion) is ungoogled-chromium.

Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708986 before deciding on which browser to switch to. “Currently bloated Firefox” is a baseless claim in my opinion.

Post by rydre » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 11:45 AM UTC

jonathanstrange wrote: post #10

bb123 wrote: post #6

Is it fair to _ever_ say that clearing the history completely removes all traces of visited sites? I have always operated under the assumption that some trace will remain pretty much forever.

Why would you make this assumption? It seems perfectly reasonable to me to assume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that a program actually does what it claims to do.

Post by Fiveplus » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 11:46 AM UTC

girst wrote: post #4

well, compared to undisclosed affiliate marketing for trading sites[1], soliciting of donations without consent[2] or the recent redirection through affiliate links[3], this seems pretty tame. [1]: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/8793 [2]: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-br... [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23442027

Post by bartread » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 11:47 AM UTC

girst wrote: post #4

well, compared to undisclosed affiliate marketing for trading sites[1], soliciting of donations without consent[2] or the recent redirection through affiliate links[3], this seems pretty tame. [1]: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/8793 [2]: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-br... [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23442027

Post by bartread » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 11:49 AM UTC

rydre wrote: post #13

jonathanstrange wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you make this assumption? It seems perfectly reasonable to me to assume, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that a program actually does what it claims to do.

I sometimes do computer forensics for clients and you can be sure that you leave traces. You'd need to wipe out the area of the disk over and over again to fully remove it (sometimes it'll still remain despite that, for undisclosed reasons).