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by abecedarius 1899 days ago
Why do you see Brave as less trustworthy? I don't think the news has reached me.
2 comments

* Brave is derivative software. In case of security issues, there might be some lag from when the issue is fixed in Chrome to when it'll be fixed in Brave.

* Brave adds custom code that generally has less eyes on it.

* The business model is potentially problematic. Which can lead to incidents such as this one: [1]

* I don't know how good are Brave's security development and operational practices.

* Trust is something that is built over time. Brave hasn't been around so long, so doesn't have an established security track record.

1. https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-aff...

I believe Brave removes a lot of the telemetry and tracking code from Chromium, so I consider it more trustworthy.