- Nov 12, 2014
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I would like to know if the Emsisoft Browser Security extension is still supported for Brave Browser.??? The last updated version was in June 2021 as shown in the extension.
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I would like to know if the Emsisoft Browser Security extension is still supported for Brave Browser.??? The last updated version was in June 2021 as shown in the extension.
Hi, can you share how effective is it? Does it block anything for you?Yes. I have it installed in all browsers, including Brave. Very good protection without sending URLs.
Tested in Brave against phishing links it is OK. I don't test against malware links as I've no VM.Hi, can you share how effective is it? Does it block anything for you?
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2 Blocked by Brave browser HTTPS protection
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5 missed
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Hi, can you share how effective is it? Does it block anything for you?
Bitdefender sends your URLs in plain text to their cloud and who knows what they do with the data. Emsi and Malwarebytes don't send in plain text and have much better privacy policies.What do you mean by not respecting users privacy?
What do you mean by not respecting users privacy?
Emsisoft Browser Security is a cloud-based browser extension for Firefox as well as Chrome. It is powered by the same database that also powers the Emsisoft Surf Protection. However, since it is part of the browser and has access to the actual URLs and the page content without breaking SSL, it can use a lot more advanced detections, which will greatly increase the detection of phishing websites in particular.
Unlike a lot of other cloud-based extensions, who will send any URL you visit in clear-text to a backend somewhere, we decided to make it a lot more privacy-conscious. So instead of URLs in plaintext, we only ever see hashes of parts of the URLs you visit, which we can't turn back into their readable form. Any processing that requires the entire URL, is done completely client-side, so the sites you visit never leave your browser.