Brave Software: Information disclosure-Referer leak

Assigned to: Brave Assigned by: Kirtikumar Anandrao Ramchandani Assigned on: 13/09/2021 Browser information used to test Up to date: Brave 1.29.79 Chromium: 93.0.4577.63 Official Build 64-bit Revision ff5c0da2ec0adeaed5550e6c7e98417dac77d98a-refs/branch-heads/4577@1135 OS Windows 10 OS Version 20...

Privacy Bug in Brave Browser Exposes Dark-Web Browsing History of Its Users

Brave has fixed a privacy issue in its browser that sent queries for .onion domains to public internet DNS resolvers rather than routing them through Tor nodes, thus exposing users' visits to dark web websites. The bug was addressed in a hotfix release V1.20.108 made available yesterday. Brave...

How private is a private window?

Privacy How private is a private window? Share October 15th, 2020 Alice and Bob find themselves in a shared living-space, where long-held secrets are at risk of being revealed. TL;DR: skip to the conclusions to see what Alice learned. The Privacy Problem Alice and Bob recently decided to take the...