Security News > 2023 > May > Brave unveils new "Forgetful Browsing" anti-tracking feature
The privacy-focused Brave Browser is introducing a new "Forgetful Browsing" feature that prevents sites from re-identifying you on subsequent visits.
"Forgetful Browsing clears both explicitly stored values and indirectly stored values."
The Brave Software team explained that although its browser offers robust protections against third-party tracking, the privacy issues that arise from first-party tracking remain somewhat unaddressed.
First-party tracking has taken the back seat in the privacy-protection considerations of browser engineers because users consciously choose what websites they visit and naturally have better control and a clearer understanding of where their data goes.
The team decided to develop Forgetful Browsing as an integrated tool that will be easy to enable and disable and won't require any user vigilance or specific intervention after setting up.
The new feature will be made available on Brave browser for the desktop version 1.53, while Android users will get 'Forgetful Browsing' a bit later, with version 1.54.