California Privacy Rights Act to define and limit “cross-context behavioral advertising”
Jun 22, 2020
Following a court decision on Friday, it is now highly likely that California will curtail "cross-context behavioral advertising”.
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Johnny Ryan’s privacy keynote for P&G
Jun 15, 2020
Procter & Gamble invited Dr Johnny Ryan of Brave to give a (remote) keynote about how advertisers should adapt to the privacy-first future.
Important changes to the Brave Referral Program
Jun 11, 2020
Since Brave’s beginnings, our community has been a key engine to our worldwide growth. We are privileged to have such a passionate and dedicated user base that actively endorses and recommends Brave.
On Partner Referral Codes in Brave Suggested Sites
Jun 9, 2020
Delivering a better Web means protecting people’s privacy while building new, sustainable revenue models for creators and for Brave itself. We are trying new economic models that do not depend on user tracking or privacy violations…
Brave passes 15 million monthly active users and 5 million daily active users, showing 2.25x MAU growth in the past year
Jun 1, 2020
This May, Brave saw its monthly active users pass the 15 million mark with 15.4 million users, a growth of 50% since the Brave 1.0 launch this past November, and of 125% or 2.25x over the past year.
Guest AMA with Kindhumans
May 20, 2020
The most recent AMA took place on May 13th, and featured guests Justin “Hoost” Wilkenfeld, Suzi Wilkenfeld, and Dan I. Sack from Kindhumans, a non-profit on a mission to make kindness a viral phenomenon, and to unite and grow the community of kind humans around the world.
Industry discussion on the GDPR at 2 years old, and future EU regulatory development
May 20, 2020
Senior representatives of advertisers, publishers, and intermediaries discuss two years of the the GDPR in a discussion hosted by Brave.
Fingerprinting defenses 2.0
May 18, 2020
Brave's goal is to both be the best browser for protecting your privacy, and the best browser for day-to-day, full-featured Web use. This post describes new privacy features being developed in Brave to better protect user privacy, without breaking privacy-respecting, user-serving websites.
Mjolnir: Tooling for BAT Apollo
May 11, 2020
Mjolnir is a tool for easily deploying and benchmarking Permissioned Ethereum Blockchain implementations.
Brave Launches Ad and Rewards Campaigns to Support Non-Profit Organizations Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic
May 7, 2020
Brave is offering organizations like Khan Academy, No Kid Hungry, GetUsPPE and others free space to advertise and fundraise for their COVID-19 relief funds.
Binance widget now available to all Brave desktop browser users, enabling seamless cryptocurrency trading and management
Apr 30, 2020
Today’s Brave desktop browser update features the Binance widget, the first exchange-browser integration of its kind.
New data on GDPR enforcement agencies reveal why the GDPR is failing
Apr 27, 2020
New data from Brave reveals that European governments have not equipped their national authorities to enforce the GDPR. Brave has called on the European Commission to launch an infringement procedure against 27 European governments.
Browser First-Run: iOS Edition
Apr 24, 2020
Last year I did a review of several popular desktop browsers, focusing exclusively on what they do when you launch the browser for the first time. Today I decided to take a look at various browsers available on iOS 13…
Guest AMA with Matthew Liu & Nick Poulden of Origin
Apr 20, 2020
The most recent AMA took place on April 16th, and featured guests Matthew Liu (Co-founder) and Nick Poulden (Senior Engineer) at Origin.
New fully rebuilt Brave for Android boosts performance across the board compared to prior versions: 5% battery savings along with 3% of both data and CPU savings
Apr 6, 2020
New fully rebuilt Brave for Android boosts performance across the board compared to prior versions: 5% battery savings along with 3% of both data and CPU savings
Brave Launches New Swag Store Powered by Origin
Apr 2, 2020
Brave unveils new Brave Swag Store, the official source for Brave and Basic Attention Token-branded merchandise. Powered by Origin Protocol’s new decentralized e-commerce platform, Dshop.
Brave and Binance Partner to Bring Cryptocurrency Trading Directly Into the Browser
Mar 24, 2020
Binance widget integrated into the Brave browser puts cryptocurrency management and trading at users’ fingertips in first exchange-browser integration of its kind
Formal GDPR complaint against Google’s internal data free-for-all
Mar 16, 2020
Brave filed a GDPR complaint v Google for infringing the GDPR “purpose limitation” principle. Enforcement would be tantamount to a functional separation of Google’s business.
Brave and TAP Network Partnership Connects Consumers and Brands via Blockchain
Mar 10, 2020
Two Blockchain Pioneers Join Forces to Reward Users for Attention and Help Brands Reach New Audiences Through Private Ads
Fingerprint randomization
Mar 5, 2020
Brave now protects users from being fingerprinted by making them appear subtly different to each website. Browser fingerprinting protection is available today in our Nightly version. These new protections both provide the strongest fingerprinting protections of any popular browser, and work without introducing bothersome permission prompts or breaking websites.
