From 80fc552f0ca116cfa319dbf125ca4fd9730e3768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nopeitsnothing Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 23:39:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixup Brave config settings (#318) --- guide.md | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide.md b/guide.md index 23bc5f4..09919e6 100644 --- a/guide.md +++ b/guide.md @@ -11205,7 +11205,7 @@ The following are the recommended safest routes for each browser according to th - Go into **Settings** > **Appearances** (`brave://settings/appearance`) - - **Disable** "Show Top Sites" + - (optional) **Disable** "Show autocomplete suggestions in address bar" - **Disable** "Show Brave Suggested Sites" @@ -11219,25 +11219,31 @@ The following are the recommended safest routes for each browser according to th - Set "Trackers and Ads blocking" to **Aggressive** - - Set Upgrade connections to HTTPS to **Enabled** + - Set Upgrade connections to HTTPS to **Strict** - - Set Cookie blocking to **Only cross-site** + - **Enable** "Block scripts" - - Set Fingerprinting blocking to **Standard** or **Strict** + - Set "Block fingerprinting" to **Standard** or **Strict, may break sites** + + - Set "Block cookies" to **Only cross-site** - Go into **Settings** > **Social media blocking** (`brave://settings/socialBlocking`) - - **Uncheck** everything unless needed + - **Uncheck** the Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn embeds - Go to **Settings** > **Search engine** (`brave://settings/search`) - - See [Appendix A3: Search Engines] + - Set "Normal Window" and "Private Window" to use a more private and trackerless search engine + + - See [Appendix A3: Search Engines] for best options + + - **Disable** "Web Discovery Project" + + - **Disable** "Index other search engines" - Go into **Settings** > **Extensions** (`brave://settings/extensions`) - - **Disable** everything except "Private Window with Tor" - - - Set both **Resolve** methods to "Ask" + - **Disable** everything - Go into **Settings** > **Wallet** (`brave://settings/wallet`) @@ -11249,13 +11255,13 @@ The following are the recommended safest routes for each browser according to th - Go into **Settings** > **Privacy and Security** (`brave://settings/privacy`) - - Leave **WebRTC** to "Default" + - **Disable** everything except "Private window with Tor" - - **Disable** "Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P3A)" + - (optional) Turn on **Automatically redirect .onion sites** - - **Disable** "Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave" + - Set **WebRTC handling policy** to "Disable non-proxied UDP" - - Go into "Clear Browsing Data" + - Go into **Clear Browsing Data** (`brave://settings/clearBrowserData`) - Select **On Exit** @@ -11263,27 +11269,35 @@ The following are the recommended safest routes for each browser according to th - **Click** "Save" + - Go into **Cookies and other site data** (`brave://settings/cookies`) + + - **Check** "Block third-party cookies" or "Block all cookies" (not recommended) + + - **Enable** "Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows" + + - Under "Sites that can always use cookies", check that you need any of these + - Open a new Tab - **Click** "Customize" in the lower right corner - **Disable** everything in Customize Dashboard except maybe the clock -- Go into **Settings** > **Shields** > **Content filters** (`brave://settings/shields/filters`) +- Go into **Settings** > **Shields** > **Content filtering** (`brave://settings/shields/filters`) - Select any additional adblocking filter you want - - Recommended: **CJX's Annoyance List**, **Easylist-Cookie List**, **Fanboy Annoyances List**, **Fanboy Social List**, **Fanboy's Mobile Notifications List**, and **uBlock Annoyances List** + - Recommended: **CJX's Annoyance**, **Easylist-Cookie**, **Fanboy's Annoyances**, **Fanboy's Social**, **Fanboy's Mobile Notifications**, and **uBlock Annoyances** - Add custom filter lists - - Add the [Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/ClearURLs%20for%20uBo/clear_urls_uboified.txt) which uses the rules found in ClearURLs below + - Add the [ClearURLs for uBo (unofficial)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/ClearURLs%20for%20uBo/clear_urls_uboified.txt) which uses the rules found in ClearURLs below - Add the [AdGuard URL Tracking Protection](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/FiltersRegistry/master/filters/filter_17_TrackParam/filter.txt) which enables generic `$removeparam` rules - To keep all applied filters, **click** "Save" -- Do not ever enable Brave Rewards (button should be hidden on all sites) +- Do not ever enable Brave Rewards (button should now be hidden on all sites) Addons to consider on Brave if you want additional protections: @@ -11299,7 +11313,7 @@ Addons to consider on Brave if you want additional protections: - LibRedirect () -That's it and you should be pretty much covered. For full paranoia, you can also just "Block Scripts" to disable Javascript. Note that even disabling Javascript might not protect you fully[^517]. +That's it and you should be pretty much covered. For full paranoia, you can also just "Block Scripts" to disable Javascript. Note that even disabling Javascript might not protect you fully[^517]. If you choose to disable JS, use the NoScript extension, not the Brave setting. ## Ungoogled-Chromium: