When I click on a tab while holding Ctrl or Shift, it just switches me into that tab. On other browsers (Firefox, Vivaldi) it selects the tab instead. If I want to move tabs from one window into another, I have to move them one. at. a. time.

How do I fix this? I am on version 1.69.168 on Linux from the Flatpak.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/21739693

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Brave used to have an option to disable autoplaying of videos on web pages. But now the option is removed. I found discussions on Brave forums from users asking about it, but no one from the Brave team responds. (see this, this, and this).

I really don't want to believe Brave is intentionally being silent about this, but it's kinda obvious.

Anyone know anything about it?

I just realized that @bravebrowser has a blocklist for youtube shorts.

My life feels so much better now.

Seems to work on Desktop, but on android mobile, when I edit the search results in brave to not include AI, it doesn't save and pops up when I reopen browser/search in regular or Private window.

Don't want to wait for AI or get is crappy results.

Update

Apparently this is patched out by Brave, but it is enabled by default. See u/Engywuck@lemm.ee 's comment below!

Vanilla chromium gives google's websites special treatment by offering detailed CPU info, among other things. This is implemented through a hidden browser extension. You can prove this by yourself by running chrome.runtime.sendMessage("nkeimhogjdpnpccoofpliimaahmaaome", {method: "cpu.getInfo"}, (response) => {console.log(JSON.stringify(response, null, 2)); }, ); on google.com through the browser console. For me, it gives the following info:

{
  "value": {
    "archName": "x86_64",
    "features": [
      "mmx",
      "sse",
      "sse2",
      "sse3",
      "ssse3",
      "sse4_1",
      "sse4_2",
      "avx"
    ],
    "modelName": "Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz",
    "numOfProcessors": 4,
    "processors": [
      {
        "usage": {
          "idle": 28238205,
          "kernel": 827581,
          "total": 32762960,
          "user": 3697174
        }
      },
      {
        "usage": {
          "idle": 1455131,
          "kernel": 743391,
          "total": 6209241,
          "user": 4010719
        }
      },
      {
        "usage": {
          "idle": 1448653,
          "kernel": 769970,
          "total": 6068506,
          "user": 3849883
        }
      },
      {
        "usage": {
          "idle": 1450274,
          "kernel": 744886,
          "total": 5948597,
          "user": 3753437
        }
      }
    ],
    "temperatures": []
  }
}

Note that this doesn't work on other websites like lemmy.world, only google.

What I am confused about is that I can replicate this behavior in Brave. Why does brave reveal this information to google, and to google only? From what I understand, it can be used for fingerprinting and tracking. Shouldn't this be patched out? Is my testing methodology flawed? Will this be fixed?

Brave version: Version 1.67.123 Chromium: 126.0.6478.126 (Official Build) unknown (64-bit) running on linux via flatpak

I recently noticed when I received a login alert from a service provider, that @bravebrowser does not spoof the Operating System. That can, depending on your OS, enhance finger-printing and be a dead giveaway #BraveBrowser. There definitely needs to be an option to manually or automatically spoof the OS.

Basically I got tired of doing the same thing on Firefox for each computer so that the browser that is supposed to be private IS private (reconnect to the Firefox account, put back the user.js, get rid of Google etc...) knowing that, since I'm on iOS, the browser sucks (no ad blocking, poorly designed interface, etc...).

I knew there was Brave, but the sync function was too weird! Why not set up an account system??? But with this browser, everything is synchronized (even the search engine, except on mobile, but that's good enough), ads are blocked by default and my privacy is protected to the max. Thank you Brave!

@bravebrowser Brave has no intuitive search ... search query: Bruins 2024 playoffs. Return results: stuff from '22, '23, then stuff about Rnd 2 ... nothing about last nights HUGE game 7.

Then I go to Google (ugh) with the same query. First return is the box score followed by a game 7 highlight reel from YT. This is why Google owns search results.

Has anyone else noticed that the @washingtonpost has stepped up their paywall game? Accessing with cookies and Javascript disabled now only gives a short summary cc @bravebrowser

I've just started using Brave on Linux (distro info at bottom) and I have a question about keyboard shortcuts & how the browser manages active windows, because it seems to be doing something different from my last browser.

I usually use Firefox, and I've set it up so that I can open a new tab with the Mail key on my keyboard. Pressing my Mail key executes this command, opening a new tab.

xdotool getactivewindow key ctrl+t

But now I've switched to Brave browser, and that command no longer works. When I've got Brave open and I press my Mail key, nothing happens.

I've tried alternate commands:

xdotool key ctrl+t

and

xdotool getwindowfocus key ctrl+t

but no result. Does anyone know how to fix? What is Brave doing with its browser tabs/windows?

Thank you!

• Desktop: Linux Mint Xfce 4.18.1
• Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia
• Ubuntu 22.04

Does anyone know if this has been reported yet, or how long these issues last for?

The new "Answer with AI" feature returns neatly formatted answers for questions like "People who walked on the moon," "List of all actors who played Batman" or "How do descale Nespresso pixie."

The UK government's attempts to erode your online #privacy never cease. 🇬🇧🕵️

Luckily you've got Tuta in your corner! 🥊

We've teamed up with academics, #cybersecurity researchers, & other privacy oriented companies, like @element and @bravebrowser to fight back!

👉 https://cdt.org/insights/open-letter-from-security-experts-voices-concerns-over-the-proposed-changes-to-uk-investigatory-powers-acts-notices-regime/

I think for any Linux Distro or OEM to preinstall Brave, it needs to become more modular.

Is there a way to preset some specific settings like homepage, search Engine, some privacy settings etc

I think Brave is pretty solid, but also really bloated out of the box.

I am using the RPM on Fedora.

Solutions found

• ~/.config/brave-flags.conf (derived from ~/.config/chromium-flags.conf) should work as a user.js
• /etc/brave/policies/managed/ (derived from /etc/chromium/policies/managed/) should allow to place policies which cant be overwritten by non-wheel users.

These are the solutions!

I really want to use my touchepad for histroy navigation like in firefox. How i can do this i using wayland !

I have recently noticed that videos will sometimes start with audio out of sync. After reload it loads just fine. In private tab with ad-blocking disabled it also works fine.

Has anyone noticed this. Could this be another attempt at making user experience "sub optimal" for adblock users?

Edit: I forgot to mention that I am talking about YouTube videos.

Vous avez déjà des messages de #youtube concernant le bloqueur de pub ? Je suis surpris de pas en avoir encore reçu (j'utilise ad blocker plus) ou par défaut sur @bravebrowser

Tanks. @brave @bravebrowser

Mozilla announces they will ship GPC (Global Privacy Control) in Firefox 120. Note : the settings will be done by the user choice and not by default which is the case via DuckDuckGo or Brave cc @mozilla @bravebrowser https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-platform/c/373F82Jzcjs/m/ImZKgRNIAQAJ

@brave @bravebrowser Cloudflare announced full and complete support for encrypted clienthello on all cloudflare plans and web properties via their blog. Will brave, the company that prides itself on fixing the internet follow suite for brave.com, the brave.com onion and the web servers the Brave Browser itself connects to. Encrypted clienthello, along with DNS over HTTPS, DNSSEC, TLS1.3 and proper certificates identifying the webmaster responsible are essential in today's day and age.