privacypossum vs brave-browser

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Privacy Possum makes tracking you less profitable (by cowlicks)

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Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. (by brave)

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privacypossum		brave-browser
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13	Mentions	1,367
746	Stars	16,672
-	Growth	1.0%
0.0	Activity	9.9
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	about 3 hours ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	Mozilla Public License 2.0

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privacypossum

Posts with mentions or reviews of privacypossum. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-09.

Looks like Reddit disabled the report function for christian ads
4 projects | /r/atheism | 9 Jan 2023

Privacy Possum: Blocks tracking headers.
“We don’t track you … except for when we get paid for it.”
7 projects | /r/agedlikemilk | 25 May 2022

Privacy Possum, site this messes with the data that is collected to make it not applicable to you anymore. (stuff like telling the website your running chrome instead of firefox)
What's your must have software on your pc?
3 projects | /r/buildapc | 28 Apr 2022

Yeah, Google doesn't even allow a Chrome version of Privacy Possum. It interferes too much with their revenue streams. I've always trusted Mozilla more because they don't have a profit motive that conflicts with your privacy.
Looking for cybersecurity or digital privacy ideas / topics for my undergraduate degree
1 project | /r/cybersecurity | 8 Apr 2022
Video shows apparent COVID-19 protocol violations on St. F.X. campus
1 project | /r/halifax | 10 Dec 2021

Privacy Possum is also good for messing up tracking data. If you can't block it you can at least report so much weird shit that your footprint is not valuable.
Many projects are aimed at improving users privacy by preventing data collection. Are there any aimed at improving privacy by drowing out the real data with fake data?
4 projects | /r/privacy | 31 Oct 2021
Questions Hulu
2 projects | /r/pihole | 27 Sep 2021

So I haven't been able to block ads with Pi-Hole, but I have been able to block Hulu ads with PrivacyBadger, PrivacyPossum and uBlock. I am not aware of a way to block ads on an IoT device. Hope thats helpful
How do I install an extension from GitHub?
2 projects | /r/chrome | 22 Sep 2021

Extension - https://github.com/cowlicks/privacypossum
Datenschutz und Anonymität im Internet - (einfache) Empfehlungen für jedermann
3 projects | /r/de | 18 Jul 2021
Cookie killer software?
1 project | /r/privacy | 9 Jul 2021

Or Privacy Possum

brave-browser

Posts with mentions or reviews of brave-browser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-18.

FLaNK AI Weekly 18 March 2024
39 projects | dev.to | 18 Mar 2024
Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Feb 2024

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Patching-Chromiu...
You'll notice the actual patching itself is introduced with the caveat:
How Web3 Decentralization Can Dismantle Big Tech Monopolies in 2024
3 projects | dev.to | 14 Feb 2024

Brave browser, which blocks ads and trackers, grew to over 50 million monthly active users in 2023 while enabling privacy-first models to counter Google's search and Chrome browser ecosystem.
Google fixes 8th Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Dec 2023

Still waiting on the Brave stable release with the patched version of chromium https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/35013
BRAVE browser and Marvel Insider don't play nice ??
1 project | /r/marvelinsider | 8 Dec 2023
Brave not opening links in apps / Windows 11
1 project | /r/brave_browser | 7 Dec 2023

Manually download the standalone version from: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.61.101 and update it that way.
Release Channel 1.61.101
1 project | /r/brave_browser | 7 Dec 2023

Upgraded Chromium to 120.0.6099.71. (#34740) (Changelog for 120.0.6099.71)
Release Channel 1.61.100
1 project | /r/brave_browser | 6 Dec 2023

Brave Github repository
Youtube not working anymore
2 projects | /r/brave_browser | 6 Dec 2023

For those looking for a fix: Use the latest Nightly Build for Brave.
Can anyone verify this information about privacy?
2 projects | /r/onlinesecurity2023 | 4 Dec 2023

~Using privacy plug-ins or browsers. You can block our site from setting cookies used for interest-based ads by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins, like Privacy Badger, Ghostery or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third party cookies/trackers.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing privacypossum and brave-browser you can also consider the following projects:

privacybadger - Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers.

Vanadium - Privacy and security enhanced releases of Chromium for GrapheneOS. Vanadium provides the WebView and standard user-facing browser on GrapheneOS. It depends on hardening in other GrapheneOS repositories and doesn't include patches not relevant to the build targets used on GrapheneOS.

AdNauseam - AdNauseam: Fight back against advertising surveillance

bromite - Bromite is a Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements; take back your browser!

privacytools.io - 🛡🛠 You are being watched. Protect your privacy against global mass surveillance.

thorium - Chromium fork named after radioactive element No. 90. Windows and MacOS/Raspi/Android/Special builds are in different repositories, links are towards the top of the README.md.

uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.

Brave-AppImage

UserAgent-Switcher - A User-Agent spoofer browser extension that is highly configurable

iridium-browser - Iridium Browser source code

searx-instances - SearXNG instances list

bypass-paywalls-chrome - Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.