The browser incorporates this feature to its privacy functions since version 1.45 that will be released on October 25
The Brave browser will soon incorporate a feature that will make browsing the Internet much more livable and private. As of version 1.45, which will be released on October 25 , Brave will begin to block the cookie notices that the Internet user finds and must manage regularly when browsing the Internet. These notices are a consequence of the application of the European General Data Protection Regulation that obliges websites to inform their users of the cookies they use and give them the possibility of accepting or denying them.
Despite the good intentions of protecting the privacy of users against the thousands of eyes that follow the activity of anyone on the Internet, the regular appearance of these banners, also on websites to which one is a regular visitor and not only the first time, it has become a real nuisance for any user. There are solutions such as extensions that are responsible for blocking or hiding them, but it is not common for a browser to incorporate the function. Brave is the first to do so in the group of the six most used that also includes Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox and Opera .
Example of cookie notification. PHOTO: (Custom Credit) Courtesy of Brave Software.
“New versions of Brave will hide – and, where possible, block – cookie consent notifications, ” the Brave Software Privacy Team explained in a blog post. “Cookie consent notifications are a near constant annoyance on the Web. They break and disrupt one of the main benefits: the ability to search for content across many sites and publishers conveniently and easily,” he adds.
Brave Software explains that there are two ways to eliminate the hassle of cookie notifications. One is to work with them and automate the process of rejecting them in a way that is invisible to the user, which is what some extensions do for this purpose and which also depends on the website fulfilling what it promises.
Another is to block them and hide and modify web pages to remove additional annoyances like overlays on web content or prevent scrolling. The latter is the one used by Brave, it guarantees the greatest privacy and does not require the browser to communicate with the cookie consent system.
“Brave’s approach is different and more privacy-preserving than similar systems used in other browsers (such as ‘automatic consent’ systems), and helps keep the Web user first ,” the company says. . The new functionality is now available in the beta version of the browser, Brave Nightly, which can be downloaded from its website .
Brave will ask the user if they want to block cookie notifications. PHOTO: (Custom Credit) Courtesy of Brave Software.
When the new feature is arriving in the stable version of Brave, the browser will ask the user if they want to activate it and it will be integrated into the Shields options. This is a menu with the main privacy options that the user can manage on the website they visit, including blocking ads and third-party cookies, which appears next to the address bar with the browser icon.
Brave is a browser based on Chromium, just like Chrome and therefore compatible with all its extensions, which has stood out since its launch in 2019 for its focus on privacy and, among other features, integrating an effective ad blocker that allows noise-free navigation . It is the sixth most used browser, has 52 million users and is available for Windows, Linux, Android and iOS.
