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3.4 KiB
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135 lines
3.4 KiB
Markdown
# Brave Privacy Settings
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Go to Settings
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## Appearance
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- Show Brave News button: Off
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- Show Brave Rewards button: Off
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- Show Brave Wallet button: Off
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- Show autocomplete suggestions in address bar >
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- Top sites: Off
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- Leo AI Assistant: Off
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- Always show full URLs: On
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## Shields
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- Trackers and ads blocking: Aggressive
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- Upgrade connections to HTTPS: Strict
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- Block fingerprinting: Strict (If you face any issues with sites, change it back to standard)
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- Block cookies: Only cross-site
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- Auto-redirect AMP pages: On
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- Auto-redirect tracking URLs: On
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- Prevent sites from fingerprinting me based on my language preferences: On
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## Privacy and security
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- Use Google services for push messaging: Off
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- Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P3A): Off
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- Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave: Off
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- Automatically send diagnostic reports: Off
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#### Third-party cookies
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- Block third-party cookies
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- Send a "Do Not Track" Request with your browser traffic: Off
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#### Security
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- Standard protection
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- Encrypt the names of sites that you visit: On
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- Select DNS provider: `Cloudflare`, or select `Add custom DNS service provider` and provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list](https://www.privacyguides.org/dns/)
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<br>Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
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- Manage V8 security: Don’t allow sites to use the V8 optimiser
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#### Site and Shields Settings
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- Additional permissions >
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- Ethereum: Block sites from accessing the Ethereum provider API
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- Solana: Block sites from accessing the Solana provider API
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## Web3
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#### Wallet
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- Enable NFT discovery: Off
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- Automatically pin NFTs: Off
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#### Web3 Domains
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- Resolve Unstoppable Domains domain names: Disabled
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- Resolve Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain names: Disabled
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- Resolve Solana Name Service (SNS) domain names: Disabled
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## Leo
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- Show Leo icon in the sidebar: Off
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- Show Leo in context menu on websites: Off
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## Search engine
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- Normal window: `DuckDuckGo`/`Brave`/`Startpage` or any other
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privacy respecting search engine from `Manage search engines and site search`.
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- Private window: `DuckDuckGo`/`Brave`/`Startpage` or any other
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privacy respecting search engine from `Manage search engines and site search`.
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- Improve search suggestions: Off
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- Web Discovery Project: Off
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## Autofill and passwords
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#### Password Manager
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- Settings >
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- Offer to save passwords: Off
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- Sign in automatically: Off
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NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [recommendations, alternatives & reviews](https://github.com/StellarSand/privacy-settings#recommendations-alternatives--reviews).
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#### Payment methods
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- Save and fill payment methods: Off
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- Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: Off
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NOTE: Never save payment info in browsers. A password manager can be used to also save payment information.
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#### Addresses and more
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- Save and fill addresses: Off
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#### Allow auto-fill in private windows
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- Off
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## Languages
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- Spell check: Off
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## Downloads
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- Ask where to save each file before downloading: On
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---
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---
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## Brave Rewards
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To disable Brave Rewards go to `brave://rewards` using the URL bar on top.
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<br>If it is currently enabled, click on `Reset (with gear icon)` on top > select the checkbox > click `Reset`
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## Additional settings
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Open a new tab. Click on `Customize` at the bottom
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#### Background Image
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- Show Sponsored Images: Off
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#### Brave News
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- Show Brave News: Off
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#### Cards
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- Click Hide for all of them
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- Cards: Off
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