{"id":24282,"date":"2020-07-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/?p=24282"},"modified":"2020-07-27T08:50:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:50:33","slug":"brave-browser-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dottotech.com\/brave-browser-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Brave Browser Review 2020: Should You Make the Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Do you worry about your privacy when browsing online? Check out my Brave Browser review to discover how to protect your privacy when browsing.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you\u2019ve spent any amount of time following DottoTech or watching the regular updates on the DottoTech YouTube channel<\/a><\/span>, what I\u2019m about to tell you might come as a surprise. For some time now, I\u2019ve been using a browser that isn\u2019t <\/i>Google Chrome<\/span><\/a>. It\u2019s called the Brave Browser<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>

\"Brave<\/p>

To be fair, while some of you may think I\u2019m a Google guy, I disagree. I\u2019d say I\u2019m more of a whatever-works-the-way-I-need-it-to-work or an \u201cif it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it\u201d kind of guy.<\/p>

Here\u2019s the thing: Chrome\u2019s far from, well, \u201cnot broke.\u201d Fact is, Chrome\u2019s ecosystem is just rife with challenges underneath that simplified, user-friendly exterior.<\/p>

That\u2019s why I decided to give the Brave Browser a shot\u2014and the fact that it looks and works almost exactly like Chrome made the transition a lot easier<\/p>

Still, there\u2019s one just one big question here: Is it as good as Chrome? I\u2019ll talk about what I learned after exploring the Brave Browser, and I\u2019ll let you decide.<\/p>

Brave Browser Tutorial: Why Would You Want To Shift?<\/b><\/h2>

I can think of a few reasons why many users, myself included, are intrigued by the Brave Browser. Here are the three biggest ones.<\/p>

  1. Whether we realize it or not, our internet security<\/a><\/span> is perpetually and increasingly at risk. This invasion of privacy happens every time we browse the web: we provide Google and the various websites we visit with specific and personal information about ourselves\u2014and when companies collect our data, it\u2019s easier for them to turn us into a product. And obviously, many of us don\u2019t like that.<\/li>
  2. Mainstream browsers like Chrome may look sleek and smooth, but under that clean, shiny hood is a system that is anything but lean. In fact, these browsers couldn\u2019t care less about being agile, efficient, or quick. Aside from being notorious memory hogs, they also take a heavy toll on your machine\u2019s resources. Simply put, they\u2019re lazily coded, fat, bloated, and sluggish.<\/li>
  3. If you look at the first two issues I mentioned, you\u2019ll notice that the third one has something to do with both of them: Ads. When you get served with a bunch of ads, your browser has to work harder than normal. Of course, with more ads come more chances of your data being stored or even distributed without your consent.<\/li><\/ol>

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    Brave addresses these three key issues handily.<\/p>

    For starters, Brave looks, feels, and functions a lot like Chrome. You\u2019ll feel right at home with it.<\/p>

    \"Brave<\/p>

    Brave is built on Chromium, an open-source language that many other browsers are built on. This also means that you can use the Brave Browser on Android. You might be thinking about how much \u201cChromium\u201d sounds like \u201cChrome,\u201d so let me tell you: No, Google does not get access to your data through Brave.<\/p>

    While the user interface does matter, that\u2019s not the biggest issue here. It\u2019s all the stuff happening in the background that causes the performance hiccups in your mainstream browser. On the other hand, Brave works as simply and as cleanly as it looks.<\/p>

    Actually, the biggest takeaway here is that the numerous extensions built for Google Chrome will also run on Brave.<\/p>

    Brave Browser Password Manager<\/b><\/h3>

    So after you install and run Brave, it\u2019ll prompt you to set a search engine as your default choice. (I chose Google as my main page, of course.) Afterwards, I started filling up my digital tool box<\/a><\/span> by installing my go-to extensions.<\/p>

    The first extension I installed was LastPass, and the process was simple and straightforward:<\/p>

    1. Click on the hamburger menu on the side.<\/li>
    2. Click on Extensions.<\/li>
    3. Click on the hyperlink to the Web Store.<\/li><\/ol>

      \"Brave<\/p>

      The Chrome Web Store\u2019s extensions\u2014yes, the same ones you rely on in Google Chrome\u2014are usable in Brave. (LastPass and Evernote both worked like a charm, so it\u2019s not farfetched to think that everything else will, too.)<\/p>

      \"Brave<\/p>

      Extension compatibility means you won\u2019t have to give up the functionalities you\u2019ve gotten used to in your previous browser.<\/p>

      Private Browsing With Brave Browser<\/b><\/h3>

      Much like all the other web browsers out there, Brave Browser asks you to save your login info \u2014 your username and password \u2014 in them. This is supposed to be a convenient process, but I\u2019m not really a fan. Truth is, I\u2019d feel more comfortable with having all of my passwords in a third party product, one that\u2019s just dedicated to protecting my security, instead of having all of them in a browser that the provider can access and even profit from anytime. Your mileage may vary, of course; all I\u2019m asking is for you to take some time to think before using your browser\u2019s password manager (and implore you to use something else).<\/p>

      The hamburger menu here is incredibly similar to the one in Chrome, with some differences.<\/p>

      When we think of incognito mode, many of us end up under the mistaken impression that it grants us total privacy, when in fact, it only keeps our local search history clean. The sites we visit, as well as the provider itself, will still be able to gather a fair bit of information about us.<\/p>

      Brave, on the other hand, offers the option to open a New Private Window with Tor, which works a little differently.<\/p>

      \"Brave<\/p>

      With Tor, your IP address is also hidden from the sites you visit, by routing your browser through several versions of the Tor server before it reaches its destination. These connections are encrypted, so that your ISP or employer can\u2019t see what sites you\u2019re visiting.<\/p>

      \"Brave<\/p>

      However, Tor can slow down browsing, so some sites may not load at all.<\/p>

      Brave Browser Rewards<\/b><\/p>

      \"Brave<\/p>

      When you open a new tab in Brave, it actually shows you some interesting information, including:<\/p>