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Is this targeted at Brendan Eich's https://brave.com?



Speaking of Brave, how does it perform in terms of web standards compliance, amount of trackers and ads blocked, and RAM and CPU usage compared to Firefox + uBlock Origin and/or uMatrix?

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Edit: I decided to do a quick test using panopticlick. Here are the results.

- Firefox with uBlock Origin and uMatrix: fingerprint appears to be unique. fingerprint conveys at least 17.47 bits of identifying information.

- Brave: fingerprint appears to be unique. fingerprint conveys at least 17.47 bits of identifying information.

- Chromium (plain): fingerprint appears to be unique. fingerprint conveys at least 17.47 bits of identifying information.

- Tor Browser Bundle: one in 77.02 browsers have the same fingerprint. fingerprint conveys 6.27 bits of identifying information.


Brave performs better in terms of blocking ads - I tried it today vs Focus and have switched to it now.


Thanks for the info, didn't know that one, will check it out.




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