Clear ‘Cached images and files’ and ‘Cookies and other site data’ - use the Advanced tab (Time range = All time) at ‘brave://settings/clearBrowserData’
Go to ‘brave://components/’ and update all of those components.
Go to ‘brave://settings/shields/filters’ and click on the ‘Update lists’ button - in the area beneath ‘Filter lists’
Exit / Quit everything and restart the computer.
Do not sign in to Google Eco-System
Brave components up-to-date at ‘brave://components/’
Brave content filters - Filter lists up-to-date at ‘brave://settings/shields/filters’
Filters enabled:
- Cookie notice blocker
- Annoying distractsions blocker
- AI suggestions blocker
- Mobile app promo blocker
Hardware Acceleration - ENABLED
Brave Browser Private Windows
At ‘brave://settings/shields’
- Trackers & ads blocking - ENABLED
- Upgrade connections to HTTPS - Standard
- Block scripts ← YOU SHOULD DISABLE, but I have enabled
- Block fingerprinting - ENABLED
- Block cookies - Block third-party cookies
- Forget me when I close this site - ENABLED
At ‘brave://settings/security’
- Safe Browsing > Standard protection
- Advanced > User secure DNS - ENABLED
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- Select DNS provider: OS default (when available)
At ‘brave://settings/content’
- - - - - - Permissions - - - - - -- Location - Don’t allow sites to see your location
- - - - - - Additional permissions - - - - - -- Motion sensors - Don’t allow sites to use motion sensors
- Autoplay - Block sites from autoplaying videos
- File editing - Don’t allow sites to edit files or folders on your device
- Clipboard - Don’t allow sites to see text or images on your clipboard
- Windows management - Don’t allow sites to manage iwndows on all your displays
- Automatic picture-in-picture - Don’t allow sites to enter picture-in-picture automatically
- Scrolling and zooming shared data - Don’t allow sites to scroll and zoom shared data
- Web app installations - Don’t allow sites to install web apps on your device
- Local network - Don’t allow sites to access other devices on your local network
- Apps on device - Don’t allow sites to access other apps and services on this device
- - - - - - Content - - - - - -- Block cookies - Third-party cookies are blocked
- Pop-ups and redirects - Don’t allow sites to send pop-ups or use redirects
- - - - - - Additional Content - - - - - -- Protected content IDs - Sites can play protected content
- Automatically remove permissions from unused sites - ENABLED