Brave Privacy Features 2025: Advanced Protection Built-In

In 2025, Brave continues to lead with robust, privacy-first innovations built directly into the browser. Its Shields block ads, trackers, and fingerprinting by default, while farbling and randomized APIs counter cross-site profiling. Enhanced tools include Request OTR (Off The Record), enabling site-specific sessions that leave no persistent history. Brave also upgrades insecure connections with “HTTPS by Default,” integrates Tor-routed Private Windows, and offers a built-in VPN/Firewall for device-wide protection. Recent privacy updates include “Cookiecrumbler,” which uses AI to intelligently block cookie banners, and Android’s intuitive tap-to-block element feature. Additionally, Brave proactively disables Microsoft’s Windows Recall snapshots by default to prevent unwanted activity tracking.

 

Brave Browser Takes a Stand:

Brave Browser Takes a Stand: Blocking Windows Recall to Protect Your Privacy

Ravi Jain
Brave Browser's proactive stance against Windows Recall, a Microsoft feature that takes screenshots of user activity. It explains how Brave has implemented default privacy protections to prevent Recall from capturing browser content by utilizing Microsoft's own APIs, ensuring user privacy without requiring manual configuration. The text also touches upon Windows Recall's privacy implications and controversies, highlighting concerns about comprehensive data collection and security vulnerabilities. Finally, it mentions Signal's similar but distinct approach to blocking Recall and introduces Technijian as an IT services provider offering broader digital privacy solutions. ... Read More