Dan Murphy
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Director of Business Operations @Brave. Sometimes I write things. Tweets/Views = My own. (Photo by @NASA on @Unsplash)
Joined April 2009
Every extension expands your attack surface. @Brave Shields handles this natively at the network level, open source and built in Rust for memory safety. It blocks requests before theyâre sent, with no Manifest V3 API restrictions throttling what it can do. Shields operates at
Youâve heard of Ring camera surveillance, get ready for mass browser extension spyware surveillance We need a privacy-first browser, Chrome is not it
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ExpressVPN doesn't protect your privacy. Here's why. ExpressVPN markets "British Virgin Islands jurisdiction" for privacy. The corporate reality is more complicated. Founded in 2009. Registered in British Virgin Islands. Actually operated from Singapore and Hong Kong, where the
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@BocaBola_ @YouTube We agree. That's why we let Brave users block YouTube Shorts. Here's how to do it: Android/iOS: 1) Go to Settings -> Media 2) Enable âBlock YouTube Shortsâ Desktop: 1) Go to Settings -> Shields -> Content Filtering 2) Enable âYouTube Anti-Shortsâ
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The Brave Wallet Nightly Program is now live. This is how lead users work directly with the wallet team. You get early access to features in Nightly builds, your feedback shapes what actually ships, and you help catch issues before they reach 107M+ users. What you get: -
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The Nightly Wallet Program is how lead users work directly with the Brave Wallet team. You get early access to features in Nightly builds, your feedback shapes what ships, and you help catch issues...
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Thinking about de-Googling your life? What better place to start than ditching Google itself? Brave Search is a real privacy-focused alternative with its own independent index that doesnât track your searches or clicks https://t.co/NV7jkJXOqI by @brave
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Google Password Manager isnât end to end encrypted by default. Google holds the decryption keys, meaning they can access your credentials or hand them over in response to a legal warrant. You can enable on-device encryption manually, but itâs buried in settings and most users
Picture this: all your logins are set up in Password Manager, and you drift seamlessly from site to site. âïž
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If you're trusting OpenAI with your health data, it's over for you. The "dedicated space" is a one-way valve. Your regular ChatGPT history flows INTO Health conversations "to make them more relevant." They're enriching your health profile with everything you've ever told them.
Introducing ChatGPT Health â a dedicated space for health conversations in ChatGPT. You can securely connect medical records and wellness apps so responses are grounded in your own health information. Designed to help you navigate medical care, not replace it. Join the
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Brave Search. We're the only major search engine running a fully independent index built from scratch. Text, images, video. We own the infrastructure. No query logging. No user profiles. No behavioral ad targeting. We can't share, sell, or lose your data because we don't collect
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Brave browser's latest update overhauls its Rust-based adblock engine, cutting memory use by up to 75%. Changes benefit Android, iOS, desktop, and enable faster filter matching https://t.co/pVtmYr17dq
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Starting the year strong with a blog post on how we shaved off 45 MB of memory usage in the Brave app (desktop and mobile!) with our perf work on adblock-rust đȘ
As we strengthen Brave's built-in adblocker, we're making it more lightweight too. Our performance and privacy teams overhauled the browser's adblock engine to reduce the engineâs memory consumption by 75% on Android, iOS and desktop. These changes went live with Brave v1.85.
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As we strengthen Brave's built-in adblocker, we're making it more lightweight too. Our performance and privacy teams overhauled the browser's adblock engine to reduce the engineâs memory consumption by 75% on Android, iOS and desktop. These changes went live with Brave v1.85.
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NEW: Gov Tim Walz shows off his outfit as tens of thousands of people are calling on him to resign in response to widespread fraud in his state. "Brooks Glycerin, Craft windproof pants, Nike quarter zip thermal, Under Armour hat, great wool socks..." Walz boasted. According to
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"Brave is just a Chrome wrapper" Wrong. Provably wrong. Brave maintains 5.7+ million lines of code deviations from Chromium. Every change is documented here: https://t.co/FECqhqFP6x Let's talk about what 'wrapper' actually means. A wrapper is a thin layer. Chrome â Edge?
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Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows. - brave/brave-browser
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The UK's Online Safety Act is extraterritorial censorship dressed up as child protection. Ofcom is going after American platforms on US soil, demanding mass surveillance infrastructure and compliance with UK speech laws that violate the First Amendment. This isn't about
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Your browser's AI agent can read invisible text on a page and follow hidden instructions you never see. That's how prompt injection in the browser already works. @lukemulks from @Brave explained this on @briteresi's podcast and it's one of the most underreported security threats
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.@Brave just shipped AI browsing in @BraveNightly. Leo can now automate tasks across the web - researching topics, comparing products, checking promo codes. The security model is interesting. AI browsing runs in a fully isolated profile, so cookies and logged-in sessions stay
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