Consideration for Brave Search

[jonathansampson]

Affected section of the guide

https://anonymousplanet.org/guide.html#appendix-a3-search-engines

Short description

[Note: I'm an engineer at Brave]

Brave is mentioned among the browser options for its commitments to privacy. I'd love to suggest Brave Search (search.brave.com) be considered as well for Search Engines.

Similar to DDG, Brave Search supports hash-bangs like !g to jump to Google, and !b to jump to Bing. That said, Brave Search is a distinct index of the Web, not reliant on either Google or Bing.

Brave Search also supports features like Goggles (see https://search.brave.com/goggles/) which enable users to pre-filter results against open-source rules and lists. These can be used to filter-out low-quality/untrustworthy sources, and more.

Brave Search also has an onion address: https://search.brave4u7jddbv7cyviptqjc7jusxh72uik7zt6adtckl5f4nwy2v72qd.onion/

Research

Everything stated in the description above is a readily observable fact, and not an opinion. Happy to address any concerns/questions. Worth noting also that Privacy Guides (linked in this same section, though the link is presently broken) also recommends Brave Search: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/search-engines/#brave-search.

Required checks

• This is not an opinion. It is fact. It is backed by [my own] research.
• I agree to the PSA Code of Conduct.