Re:Microsoft Can Track Users via a Windows Device ID
by drnick1 on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:15PM
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> Edit: and Brave.
I would suggest staying away from Brave. I recently compiled the debloated Brave edition from source and was rather disappointed. Brave was slower on my machine than Firefox and Chromium according to Speedometer 3.1. The built-in adblocker does a worse job at cosmetic filtering than uBlock Origin on Firefox. On top of that, I had to build the browser from source because the only binaries I could find are Brave's own. Their builds aren't reproducible, and no Linux distro packages their own.
If you think I am being paranoid, you may also want to take a look at this:
I would suggest staying away from Brave. I recently compiled the debloated Brave edition from source and was rather disappointed. Brave was slower on my machine than Firefox and Chromium according to Speedometer 3.1. The built-in adblocker does a worse job at cosmetic filtering than uBlock Origin on Firefox. On top of that, I had to build the browser from source because the only binaries I could find are Brave's own. Their builds aren't reproducible, and no Linux distro packages their own.
If you think I am being paranoid, you may also want to take a look at this:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/brave-browser-caught-redirecting-...