Hello privacy people! Recently I’ve been using Brave as my second browser on my Android phone, for ‘disposable’ web searches and navigation. By examining my NextDNS logs, I noticed that every time I open Brave, a connection is established to several websites (see screenshot, below). Notice that I …

You have to disable in the settings : “Show Top Sites” located in the New tab page category.

Brave pings 3rd party websites?

Alvise March 10, 2023, 1:41pm 3

Thanks for the suggestion, but it’s already turned off.

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