Tracking Prevention

Brave Browser Containers: How to Separate Work and Personal Browsing for Better Privacy If you work remotely or manage multiple online accounts, you’ve likely run into the hassle of logging in and out of the same websites just to keep work and personal data separate. Some people use different browsers for each role. Others rely on private windows or extensions. Brave recently added a native feature—browser containers—that offers a more straightforward, built-in solution. Here’s what containers do, how they differ from other approaches, and how you can start using them today. ...

Brave’s Built-In Containers: A Practical Guide to Workflow Separation and Privacy If you juggle multiple online identities—work email, personal shopping, social media—you’ve probably felt the drag of cookies, trackers, and tabs that blend into a messy, privacy-invasive blur. Browser containers, a concept popularized by Firefox’s Multi-Account Containers add-on, let you silo cookies, site data, and even logins so that activity in one container stays completely isolated from another. ...

Stop Your Browser From Spying on You: 5 Settings to Change Now Your browser is the window to the internet, but it’s also a window into you. Every site you visit, every search you type, and even how long you hover over a link can be logged, analyzed, and sold. A recent article from PCWorld highlighted how browsers have become increasingly nosy, quietly collecting data that most people never realize is being shared. The good news is you don’t need to be a tech expert to lock things down. Here are five settings you can change right now—in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or most other modern browsers—to significantly reduce how much data your browser leaks. ...

5 Browser Settings You Should Change Right Now for Better Privacy Your web browser is the lens through which you see most of the internet. It’s also a surprisingly detailed record of your habits – what you read, where you shop, which videos you watch, even how you move your mouse. By default, many browsers are set up to share that information with advertisers, analytics companies, and sometimes the sites you visit. ...

Stop Your Browser From Tracking You: 5 Settings to Tweak Right Now Your browser knows more about you than you might realize—where you click, what you type, which sites you visit, even how your screen is sized. Much of that data is collected automatically by default, feeding advertisers, analytics companies, and data brokers. While you can’t stop all tracking without breaking the web, adjusting a handful of settings will drastically reduce how much your browser leaks. A recent article from PCWorld highlighted exactly this problem, calling browsers “too nosy” and recommending five changes. Here’s what you need to know and do. ...