Were we to intercept/make a call without passing through cookies, it would require an additional Chromium deviation and, further, would come with the cost of doing the work to maintain that change. You can see on our GitHub how we deviate from Chrome/chromium code (features-we-disable-or-remove)) With respect to search, cookie data is still sent along with the search request when using Google search.

Note that when not using Google services, the Allow Google login buttons on third-party sites option should be disabled, or some cookies/requests may be allowed. Brave prevents Google from tracking you when you’re not using Google systems/services, and removes some of the ways Google tracks you when using their systems/services to the best of our abilities. Basically when you use Chrome, Google uses a litany of methods to track you, both when using Google systems/services as well as while you’re not. Hello u/mkuun, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Just scroll past the first three and the rest of the search results are all direct web links to what you are searching for. When you get search results from your searches, the first three will be Ad links (this is how Startpage makes money). Have Startpage open in one tab, then in another tab go to Brave Settings - Search Engine : Change both Normal window and Private window to Startpage (sometimes you have to have already opened Startpage in another tab so the browser adopts the Startpage search engine as an option to select)īrave Settings - Appearance : Show Home Button, and change it from New Tab page to the other option and enter as the page address the home button takes you to.Īlso dont let Brave Shields block anything on Startpage pages, if you do you will be limiting Startpages beneficial scripting / proxying ( Anonymous View ). Github Repositories: Desktop - Android - iOS - Sister subredditsīrave Settings - Get Started - On Startup : Make your home page

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