– Cookie blocking –> Only block cross-site cookies (blocking 1st party cookies break too many websites, we’ll take care of them later on with Cookie AutoDelete) – Block Scripts –> Disabled (blocking scripts in general breaks too many websites, if you want to do it, use an extension like uMatrix that can provide more granular control than the Brave setting) – Upgrade connections to HTTPS –> Enabled (equivalent of the HTTPS Everywhere extension, which is why you don’t need it in Brave) – Trackers & ads blocking –> “Aggressive” (this will block 1st party ads as well as 3rd party ads, “Standard” would only block 3rd party ads – there is no reason we would want to see 1st party ads, so “Aggressive” is fine) – Show number of blocked elements on Shield icon –> Enabled – Sponsored Images, Brave Rewards, Biance, –> Disabled – If you prefer, set this to show an empty page, if not: – Always show full URL –> Enabled (might help in spotting phishing attempts) – Brave suggestions in the address bar –> Disabled I recommend the list that fits your native language and the following lists: Easylist-Cookie List – Filter Obtrusive Cookie Notices, Fanboy Annoyances List, Fanboy Social List, uBlock Annoyances Listīrave’s settings menu (hamburger menu –> Settings): – Go to brave://adblock/ and enable the lists there, the more the merrier. Brave’s adblocker is not an extension, but rather implemented natively, and thus isn’t under extension restrictions, like e.g. It won’t be affected by Google’s decision to cripple adblockers with Manifest V3. Brave’s internal adblocker will also continue to work as it does no uninterrupted. It is the only Chromium-based browser that can do CNAME uncloaking (see the article this comment here appears under). It is the only Chromium-based browser with credible fingerprinting protections: You can read about the things the Brave team removed here: This is far superior to Chrome or vanilla Chromium. Why do I use Brave? Basically, because Brave removes unsolicited requests to Google from Chromium, the only times it contacts Google by itself it to update extensions (if you have any) or Google SafeBrowsing (unless you disable it) and Push notifications (unless you disable them). This setup is meant to strike a good balance between privacy and usability, and tries to debloat the browser. Here is my own Brave setup for anyone interested, as of December 11th, 2020.
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