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If you really want to tinfoil hat yourself, at the bottom of this section is the “On startup” option, which has 3 choices.

Here you can import bookmarks from another browser, set Brave as your default browser, and do a couple of other very basic things. There’s not a lot in the Get Started section you NEED to do.

Let’s dig into Brave’s settings! Get Started

That’s fine, the tinfoil-hat-wearing super-geek is here to help! At first glance, a few of these settings might not make sense. Again, I feel like their default state was likely chosen to make switching to Brave feel easier and more like your experience with Chrome. Still, they are a business, so I believe the social media companies may have some sort of business agreement with Brave to leave these settings enabled.Īpart from the social media settings, there are a handful of other settings you can change to further improve the privacy provided by Brave Browser. I mean, if you switched to Brave and nothing seemed to work, you’d likely switch back to your old browser. My best guess would be these settings are enabled by default so that your first experiences with Brave feel like your normal experience with Chrome. Some have speculated that they do this because of a contract between Brave and these social media companies. The thing is, Brave leaves some social media settings wide open. The difference is that they built their business around the idea of protecting your privacy, so even if you don’t dive into the settings, your privacy is still safer than if you were using the likes of Chrome, Edge, etc. Brave Browser’s Settings Aren’t Perfect By Defaultīrave is a business, just like the rest of them. This is a splendid start, and I congratulate you and taking some steps toward taking back your privacy! I thought that maybe, in this post, I can spend a few minutes helping you take the next steps in securing your Brave Browser experience even further. That said, I’ve seen data showing that apps and services like Brave Browser and DuckDuckGo are seeing huge upticks in users. Many people are waking up to the fact that their privacy barely exists and big tech companies are selling their data.