
You can find this information here towards the bottom: What is Brave Search? | Brave Browserīlog post about it here: Privacy-preserving Brave Search Replaces Google as the Default Search Engine in the Brave Browser | Brave Browser They bought it from Cliqz, aka Ghostery.Īccording to their FAQ this change happened around October 19, 2021.

These shouldn’t be the things that come to mind if someone were to imagine a privacy oriented browser.ĭon’t all browsers auto-update these days in the name of security? Brave did use Google as the default search at first but have now rolled their own Brave Search using the Tailcat open search engine. I’ve used Brave a little since it came out but I’m a Firefox guy at heart personally.īrave is self updating software, uses Google as the default search engine, has built-in telemetry, and even has an opt-out rss-like news feed similar to Firefox Pocket.


I’m sorry but there are a few inaccuracies in that first article linked to.
