Is Brave search - Private Search Engine safe?
Sets Brave Search as the default search engine in Firefox.
This extension configures Firefox to use Brave Search for browser searches. The store description says Brave Search provides AI-powered answers, results from its own index, forum discussions, and local results on its search results page.
Who publishes itBrave Software - no other listings under this identity
Brave Software - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Brave search - Private Search Engine contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- search.brave.com
Brave search - Private Search Engine sends data to search.brave.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.