Privacy Updates

ARCHIVED 2023-06-01, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20230601_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20230512_rev01

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+Post #25 | May 11, 2023
+Post #26 | May 24, 2023
+## ["Unlinkable bouncing" for more protection against bounce tracking](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/16-unlinkable-bouncing/)
+## [Request "Off the Record"](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/26-request-off-the-record/)
+Brave is shipping a new, powerful privacy-protecting feature called Unlinkable Bouncing. This feature protects your privacy by noticing when you're about to visit a privacy harming site, and instead routes that visit through a new, temporary browser storage.
+Request OTR is another in Brave's suite of features that support the privacy needs of individual users, protecting far beyond the "standard" threats browsers typically watch out for.
+Post #24 | May 11, 2023
+Post #25 | May 11, 2023
 ## [Forgetful Browsing](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/25-forgetful-browsing/)
 Forgetful Browsing is similar to, but more powerful and protective than, popular browsing extensions and private browsing modes. It's another example of Brave offering the most powerful privacy features of any popular browser.
+Post #23 | Mar 6, 2023
+Post #24 | Mar 6, 2023
 ## ["Google Sign-In" Permission](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/24-google-sign-in-permission/)
 Starting in version 1.51, Brave will increase user privacy by extending the brower's permission system to cover legacy Google Sign-In...
+Post #22 | Feb 23, 2023
+Post #23 | Feb 23, 2023
 ## [Grab bag 5: "Open in App" annoyances, further pool-party protections, and more...](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/23-grab-bag-5/)
 Starting in version 1.49 on Android and desktop (available since version 1.44 for iOS), Brave will hide "open in app" annoyances that appear on many websites.
+Post #21 | Feb 9, 2023
+Post #22 | Feb 9, 2023
 ## [HTTPS by Default](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/22-https-by-default/)
 Starting in version 1.50, Brave will include a new feature called "HTTPS by Default" that improves Web security and privacy by increasing HTTPS use.
+Post #20 | Sep 28, 2022
+Post #21 | Sep 28, 2022
 ## [Blocking annoying and privacy-harming cookie consent banners](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/21-blocking-cookie-notices/)
 New versions of Brave will hide-and, where possible, completely block-cookie consent notifications. Brave's approach is distinct and more privacy-preserving than similar systems used in other browsers.
+Post #19 | Aug 16, 2022
+Post #20 | Aug 16, 2022
 ## [Grab bag 4: privacy improvements for our iOS browsers make them best-in-class with leading protections](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/20-grab-bag-ios/)
 Recent versions of Brave on iOS include many new privacy features, ensuring that Brave iOS users have the strongest available protections of any iOS browser.
+Post #18 | Jul 19, 2022
+Post #19 | Jul 19, 2022
 ## [STAR: Brave's new system for privacy-preserving data collection](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/19-star/)
 Brave's new system STAR protects user privacy by ensuring the data users contribute are never unique to that user. This property, sometimes called k-anonymity, ensures that the data collector can only see a submitted value if the same value has also been submitted by some number of other users.
+Post #17 | Apr 19, 2022
+Post #18 | Apr 19, 2022
 ## [De-AMP: cutting out Google and enhancing privacy](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/18-de-amp/)
 Brave is rolling out a new feature called De-AMP, which allows Brave users to bypass Google-hosted AMP pages, and instead visit the content's publisher directly.
+Post #16 | Apr 1, 2022
+Post #17 | Apr 1, 2022
 ## [Protecting against browser-language fingerprinting](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/17-language-fingerprinting/)
 Brave has further strengthened its fingerprinting protections by preventing users from being identified based on preferred browser language. Starting with version 1.39, Brave randomizes how your browser informs sites of what language(s) you've set as default, and what fonts you have installed on your system.
+Post #16 | Mar 8, 2022
+## ["Unlinkable bouncing" for more protection against bounce tracking](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/16-unlinkable-bouncing/)
+Brave is shipping a new, powerful privacy-protecting feature called Unlinkable Bouncing. This feature protects your privacy by noticing when you're about to visit a privacy harming site, and instead routes that visit through a new, temporary browser storage.
 Post #15 | Jan 7, 2022
 ## [Grab bag 3: fixing pool-party, improving fingerprinting protections, more debouncing, and less Chromium](https://brave.com/privacy-updates/15-grab-bag-3/)
 Brave continues to ship the most aggressive and broad privacy protections available in any popular browser. Starting in Brave 1.35, Brave includes protections against all known practical forms of "pool-party" attacks.