How Brave's private content delivery network works

In Brave, privacy is not a feature, but a requirement around which the project is built. Our browser fully demonstrates this: we block trackers, prevent digital fingerprints from being tracked, and offer users our own privacy-first ad service. 





In today's issue, we will consider a method of hiding users' IP addresses from us and the partner CDN, as well as other privacy issues of the Brave Today browser recommendation feed.





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