The intent, however, is not to completely block ads and crash the internet. It does not take fees “to let some through as top ad-blocking browser extensions do.” Eich said in a 2016 interview that his new open-source browser blocks ads, their tracking cookies, and related pixels by default. JavaScript creator Brendan Eich co-founded Brave Software in 2015 after resigning as Mozilla’s CEO in 2014. Click on the icon to get additional details or change the browser’s ad-blocking settings. Called Brave Shields, the feature resides as a shield icon next to the address bar and displays the number of “cross-site trackers and other creepy things” it identifies and blocks. In addition to Brave Ads, the latest Brave browser automatically blocks third-party ads and trackers. They’re “privacy-preserving,” the company claims, from brands you know well like Pizza Hut, Home Chef, and Intel.

To earn BAT, Brave surfers can opt-in to view specific ads that aren’t linked to a worldwide advertising platform. “Brave has pioneered a new blockchain-based advertising model that reforms the current system with privacy by design and 70 percent revenue share to users in the form of Basic Attention Tokens (BAT).” “Brave is built on top of the first global private ad platform, designed from the start to value users’ attention and privacy,” the company said on Monday. Microsoft Edge gets a big update with new themes, history and tab sync, and more Fitbit Versa 3Ĭhrome just added a great new way to protect your passwords

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