Brave Browser, wiping history still leaves trace of visited sites

Post by fearingreprisal » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 1:31 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #35

canofbars wrote: post #25

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The best way to wipe an SSD is to have full disk encryption and then wipe the key off the ssd. Even if you do manage to recover the key which is a big if, you still need the key in your brain. Combined with writing random data over the ssd you will be lucky to pull anything out of it.

Or fill it with some AAA Steam games shouldnt take long to fill the whole thing.

    dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdX bs=1M

Post by paulryanrogers » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 1:33 PM UTC

yaiNua9o wrote: post #57

paulryanrogers wrote: post #48

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You can load local extensions from about:debugging. They just won't be permanently installed. (Developer edition may be different.) And Chrome's local loading comes with a disable modal at every startup. So I'm curious what browser you consider worthy. Edit: forgot to mention you can install from 3p sources as I've done from my own site in the past. They just need to be signed by Mozilla first.

Yes, you can temporarily load extensions in firefox, but I certainly won't reload all my extensions manually at every startup :) I don't think there's really a good browser for both privacy and hacking. I use chromium when I have no choice (not sure what you're referring to concerning the disable modal ; if it's an issue with chromium too, I haven't hit it, and I have 11 extensions loaded from sources). But my "main…

Post by morganvachon » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 1:35 PM UTC

bartread wrote: post #17

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

I've disliked Brave from the beginning. Initially because of the pretentious - and frankly appropriated - name, but now for the much more substantive reasons you've cited. Seriously, if you want a browser that gives you control over your data and privacy, use Firefox. It doesn't do any of this shady nonsense.

Post by jerf » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 1:36 PM UTC

bartread wrote: post #43

stevehawk wrote: post #34

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appropriated name?

Yes: the concept of browsing the web with your privacy preserved has literally zero to do with the concept of bravery. The name is clearly a statement but not one that's ever made any sense to me.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 06, 2020, 1:40 PM UTC

pschastain wrote: post #82

Brave Browser continues to behave in ways that are contrary to their stated principles. I dropped the browser a couple of months ago on the heels of the bitcoin affiliate link scandal and went back to Safari and Firefox. I am keeping an eye on Braver Browser, a fork of Brave with the intention of removing the questionable behavior: https://github.com/braver-browser