However, the user can tweak Shields as per their liking, customize privacy settings, enable or disable social media blocking, and further enhance Brave's security by enabling aggressive ad and tracker blocking.īrave automatically de-AMPs every web page, blocking Google from redirecting your traffic through its own servers and thus preventing it from collecting data. If you have been looking for an alternative to Google while keeping an eye on privacy, give Brave Search a try.Brave has become a popular alternative to Chrome and similar browsers because it is fast, and looks and feels like a conventional browser, but packs quite a punch due to a number of fairly unique security features.īrave provides strong protection out of the box, mainly thanks to Brave Shields, which blocks ads, scripts, trackers, cross-site cookies, phishing, and fingerprinting. Brave Search fills a clear void in the market today as millions of people have lost trust in the surveillance economy and actively seek solutions to be in control of their data,” Eich concluded. “Brave Search offers a new way to get relevant results with a community-powered index, while guaranteeing privacy. Integrating the Brave browser and Brave Search into one platform increases privacy.Taking a dig at Google, Brave claims that there are “no secret methods or algorithms to bias results.”.The company will soon roll out ad-free paid and ad-supported search functions.Brave has its own index for answering common queries privately without reliance on other providers.Brave claims to put the user first and not advertising or data collection companies.With heightened privacy, there is no tracking or profiling of users.In its announcement post, Brave outlined several aspects that set them apart. It actively blocks trackers and “other nasty stuff” from following you around the internet. The biggest difference between Brave Search and others is that it focuses heavily on privacy. “Brave Search is the industry’s most private engine, as well as the only independent search engine, giving users the control and confidence they seek in alternatives to big tech,” explained Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder of Brave, in a blog post.
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