PrivacyEnglish · 10 months ago

Brave to end 'Strict' fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites

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Brave to end 'Strict' fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites

www.bleepingcomputer.com

PrivacyEnglish · 10 months ago

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Brave Software has announced plans to deprecate the 'Strict' fingerprinting protection mode in its privacy-focused Brave Browser because it causes many sites to function incorrectly.

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I used brave for a while, but left as I felt there was something fishy about them. Seems I was right
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