Brave Browser Discussion & Update Thread

Yes, if shields is disabled for a specific site it depends on how you configured your cookie settings in brave://settings/cookies. If that settings says that all cookies are allowed or if only 3rd-party cookies are blocked, it makes sense that 1st-party cookies for sites are saved if shields is disabled for them. I suggest that you re-enable shields for them and configure what should be specifically allowed.

EDIT: It might also be a good idea to add Cookie Autodelete.

 

I just checked. I had the same issue. Apparently I had disabled the shields on some sites.

Enabling the shields removed those cookies entries

 

I tried that but it doesn't work for me. Disabling / re-enabling shields on those sites makes no difference. The still show on this machine and cannot be removed. Perhaps if I reset Brave?

I had already re-enabled shields on those sites. Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not interested in putting a bandaid on Brave when the developers should fix it for all.

 

It looks like resetting Brave did the trick.

 

This issue has plagued many Brave users. I believe the solution is navigating to the sites in question, enabling Shields if previously disabled and then reverting cookie settings.

Edit: I see you reset Brave, which also works.

 

Yeah, reset worked but visiting the sites and re-enabling shields didn't work for me.

 

Krusty,

Please, go to " https://www.doileak.com/classic.html " and check the results.

 

Done.

Anything in particular you want to hear the results for?

 

What does your Brave shows on Third-Party cookies?

Supported or Not supported?

 

Reading through comments about the issue.

Someone said that clearing the “site and shield settings” data can help

settings > privacy and security > clear browsing data > advanced > site and shield settings

 

After disabling uBO it says:

Third party cookies: Supported

With uBO enabled it stays at "Processing"

Brave Shield doesn't show any blocked cross-site cookies blocked.

 

Ah, OK. I can do that if I see the problem again. The only reason I don't clear that on exit is because I found I had to reset Shield settings each time I opened Brave.

 

And that's my disappointment with Brave - the most "PRIVATE" (I use that term loosely) browser.

No other browsers in my possession - Firefox, Vivaldi, Iron, Edge, Chrome, Opera, Epic, Osiris show that kind of test result.

 

Reading from Brave web-site.
(It's a LIE)

https://brave.com/privacy-features/

Unique from any other popular browser, Brave blocks both third-party cookies and third-party storage (e.g., storage in iframes) by default. Other privacy-focused browsers block third-party cookies but allow third-party storage, or only block third-party storage for a small number of sites, or “partition” third-party storage. While these approaches can help limit tracking, Brave’s approach of blocking third-party storage provides stronger protections than any other browser.

 

Here is more info about that Brave issue.

https://gitanswer.com/brave-browser-brave-not-blocking-third-party-cookies-javascript-916367391

 

I get the "supported" result in Brave.

 

You have more knowledge.
I'm getting: ...Supported.

 

I actually got "supported" but posted incorrectly above.

 

i'm sure this isn't your first disappointment with "brave the private".
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...al-codes-to-some-cryptcurrency-trading-sites/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology
https://www.technewsworld.com/story/brave-browser-caught-redirecting-urls-for-cash-86701.html

 

I know, I know.
Thanks for the links.

 

From what I heard none of that had any actual privacy implications or issue.

 

Agreed. These clickbait articles above are old news.

Below are some links worth checking, especially the last as it's an academic study (TLDR see last 2 pages):
https://brave.com/popular-browsers-first-run/
Browser Startup Comparison (netmeister.org)
browser_privacy.pdf (tcd.ie) https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/browser_privacy.pdf

 

oh, yeah?



*screenie taken from theverge.com

 

https://reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/p6u6o9/_/h9fwa42/?context=1

“That being said, I think there was a lot of misunderstanding of the situation. There was no privacy harm to users, and what was being done is similar to how most, if not all, browsers interact with search engines, to receive referral cash. Using DDG in Firefox, to give one example, tells DDG the query came from Firefox (the "FFAB", or, guessing, "Firefox Address Bar"…”

“…The user was never able to be tracked, the site wasn't able to learn anything additional about you, etc.”

 

it's a matter of transparency and trust. trust is like glass, once broken it'll never be the same again.
"the most private browser", yeah right.