WHICH IS THE MOST PRIVATE BROWSER?

Once regarded as an underdog in the battle of the browsers - or an ‘under-lion’, in keeping with its logo - Brave’s popularity has doubled in the last year and it now claims to have more than 50 million monthly users (see www.snipca.com/40717). Although Brave is based on the same Chromium code as Chrome and Edge, its focus on privacy makes it significantly different to those browsers and is a major reason for its success. It’s also why we believe Brave to be the most private browser available for everyday use.

From the moment you install it, Brave automatically blocks elements that track you online – unlike rival browsers, which require you install extensions (see page 57) to get the same protection.

It does this through its powerful Shields system, which “blocks the