110 lines
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110 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Brave Privacy Settings
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Go to Settings
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## Appearance
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- Show top sites in autocomplete suggestions: Off
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- Show Brave suggested sites in autocomplete suggestions: Off
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- Always show full URLs: On
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## Shields
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- Default View: Advanced View
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- Trackers and ads blocking: Aggressive
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- Upgrade connections to HTTPS: On
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- Cookie blocking: Only cross-site
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- Fingerprinting blocking: Strict (If you face any issues with sites, change it back to standard)
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## Privacy and security
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- Autocomplete searches and URLs: Off
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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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- Help improve Brave's features and performance: Off
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#### Cookies and other site data
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- Block third-party cookies
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- Send a "Do Not Track" Request with your browser traffic: On
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#### Security
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- Standard protection
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- Always use secure connections: On
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- Use secure DNS: With > Quad9, NextDNS, Cloudflare or select Custom and provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list](https://privacyguides.org/providers/dns/)
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## Search engine
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- Search engine used in address bar: DuckDuckGo or any other
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privacy respecting search engine from Manage search engines.
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- Web Discovery Project: Off
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## Additional settings
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### Autofill
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#### Passwords
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- Offer to save passwords: Off
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- Auto Sign-in: Off
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NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [recommendations, alternatives & reviews](https://github.com/the-weird-aquarian/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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### 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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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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