Brave Web Browser is a fast, free, secure web browser with a built-in AdBlocking technology, tracking and security protection, and optimized data and battery experience. It is available on iOS, Android, Linux, Windows and MacOS.

Brendan Eich, CEO of Brave Browser talks about privacy and giving the end user complete control of their browsing. He shares his concerns regarding ransomware, how they can capitalize on vulnerabilities, created by cookies placed on your computer by
websites, even major news websites that you’d be dismayed to learn are selling your browsing data to
dozens of marketers.

Brendan surprised us by describing how even VIEWING an ad on a given website can pass malware into your computer without you even knowing it.

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Brief Bio:

Brendan Eich
President and CEO, Brave Software

Brendan Eich is the co-founder and CEO of Brave Software (https://brave.com/), a start-up that aims to transform the online ad ecosystem with faster and safer browsing, as well as micropayments and better ads to give users and publishers a better deal. Eich previously served as CTO, then CEO of the Mozilla Corporation.

Prior to that, he co-founded the Mozilla project and foundation. While at Mozilla, Eich helped launch the award-winning Firefox web browser. Eich is also the inventor of JavaScript, the Internet’s most widely used programming language.

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