Hello,Can you include the BRAVE broswer in your software install
packages ?It is necessary for better security....ThanksJohn


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On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 04:16:36AM -0500, john-locke@nym.hush.com wrote:

Hello,Can you include the BRAVE broswer in your software install
packages ?It is necessary for better security....ThanksJohn

You may want to help sorting out things?
https://wiki.debian.org/Brave
and follow the links.
Cheers & thanks for your help
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tom s


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Hi,

Can you include the BRAVE broswer in your software install packages ?
It is necessary for better security....

Do you mean that any Debian system benefits from installing Brave to
improve its security? Obviously not.

I see no benefit in including a ton of Chromium forks in Debian, let
alone one that thinks mining cryptocurrency on users' end devices is a
good idea and that steals donations from third party open source
projects through built-in scam in the browser.

Of course, if someone packages it, and pledges to remove all parts incompatible with DFSG or Debian's other policies, nothing prevents it
from being included, but I'd recommend not doing so, and also recommend
not to use Brave at all.

-nik

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On Tue, Dec 09, 2025 at 10:39:57AM +0100, Dominik George wrote:

Hi,

Can you include the BRAVE broswer in your software install packages ?
It is necessary for better security....

Do you mean that any Debian system benefits from installing Brave to improve its security? Obviously not.

I already replied: there is an ITP, where one could follow the ongoing discussion (and yes, contribute to it!). Instead of doing the Groundhog
thing over and over again.
Communication is a two-way affair.
Cheers
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t


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Hi,
Quoting Davide Prina (2025-12-14 10:52:34)

Can you include the BRAVE broswer in your software install packages ? It is necessary for better security....

you can try firefox + phoenixÿ

$ apt show phoenix
[...]
Phoenix is a suite of configurations and advanced modifications for Mozilla
Firefox and FireFox ESR, designed to put the user first with a focus on
privacy, security, freedom, & usability.
[...]

https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix/wiki https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/phoenix

please be aware that phoenix installs settings which will end up deleting your browsing history when you close your browser after installing the package. This is also mentioned in the package description further down. I'm writing this here in the hopes that none of those reading this ends up nuking their browser history.
I want to add a debconf override for this and upstream wants to help with making this easier but as usual, additional help from those who know more about firefox configuration settings than I do, is welcome. :)
Thanks!
cheers, josch


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On December 14, 2025 10:32:33 AM Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@debian.org> wrote:

Hi,

Quoting Davide Prina (2025-12-14 10:52:34)

Can you include the BRAVE broswer in your software install packages ? It >>> is necessary for better security....

you can try firefox + phoenix

$ apt show phoenix
[...]
Phoenix is a suite of configurations and advanced modifications for Mozilla >> Firefox and FireFox ESR, designed to put the user first with a focus on
privacy, security, freedom, & usability.
[...]

https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix/wiki
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/phoenix

please be aware that phoenix installs settings which will end up deleting your
browsing history when you close your browser after installing the package.

Wow. Thanks for the heads up. I depend on my history a lot.
Phoenix is not on my list any more

This
is also mentioned in the package description further down. I'm writing this here in the hopes that none of those reading this ends up nuking their browser
history.

I want to add a debconf override for this and upstream wants to help with making this easier but as usual, additional help from those who know more about
firefox configuration settings than I do, is welcome. :)

Thanks!

cheers, josch

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Le Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 07:28:55PM +0100, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues a ‚crit :

please be aware that phoenix installs settings which will end up deleting your
browsing history when you close your browser after installing the package. (?)

I want to add a debconf override for this and upstream wants to help with making this easier but as usual, additional help from those who know more about
firefox configuration settings than I do, is welcome. :)

Thanks for considering that update. Since I use the browsing history instead of bookmarks
this would be a requirement before I can consider relying on phoenix.
(to be fair I am most probably going to write my own custom setup, using phoenix as inspiration)


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