I didn’t find any info on where Brave’s sync servers are located in the faqs. Are they located in the US or EU or elsewhere? Pls let me know.
Thank you!
I am fairly certain about AmazonAWS service, but I am not certain about exact Brave Sync hostnames (servers and where). Domain names are:
AmazonAWS: amazonaws.com
AmazonAWS: cloudfront.net
Specific hostnames (servers) depends upon your location on the Internet ← where you appear to be on the globe, from the Internet point of view . . . and traffic demands/requirements.
A hostname of:
brave-sync.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
may resolve to different IP addresses at different locations.
PS. I do not know if that example, is an actual Brave Sync server hostname.
@289wk
So Brave uses AmazonAWS for sync? Does that mean that speed of sync will depend on the nearest Amazon’s server? I thought Brave hosted its own sync servers
@Clock check out links below:
But I guess primarily is:
Currently we use dynamoDB as the datastore, the schema could be found in
schema/dynamodb/table.json
Then from the Privacy Policy
If you switch on Sync then your bookmarks (and soon passwords and other data) will be saved in an encrypted file on a cloud storage service, to which you will have the only decryption key. The data1 are entirely inaccessible to Brave and to the cloud storage provider. Learn how to switch on Sync here.
Unused Sync chains expire after 12 months and the associated server data is permanently deleted.
To quote from ChatGPT:
AWS DynamoDB (often just called Dynamo) is a fully managed NoSQL database service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It’s designed for fast, scalable, and low-latency performance, especially for applications that need to handle a large number of reads and writes per second with minimal delay.
DynamoDB is optimized for high throughput and low latency, even under heavy workloads. It’s often used in systems like messaging apps, shopping carts, game state management, and yes—Brave Sync.
And when I asked to put it in layman’s terms:
Brave Sync is safe because everything is encrypted on your device before it’s uploaded. Only devices that have your Sync Code (the long string of words you use to connect devices) can unlock the data. Brave and Amazon (who host the servers) just store the scrambled data—they can’t read any of it. There’s also no account or email tied to your Sync data, so even if someone accessed the server, they wouldn’t know whose data it was or be able to decrypt it without the Sync Code.
Lastly, to answer your question
Sort of, yes. Sync speed can be affected by how close you are to the Amazon server Brave is using. Since Brave’s Sync servers are hosted on AWS, the physical distance and network quality between you and the nearest AWS region can affect how quickly your device uploads or downloads encrypted data. That said, the data being synced is usually pretty small (like bookmarks, history, settings), so even if you’re farther away, you probably won’t notice much delay unless your internet connection is slow or unstable.