Brave Browser Updates

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Brave Stable 1.15.72

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added Bitcoin.com widget to the New Tab Page. (#11982)
  
• [Security] Added rel=noopener to webtorrent links as reported on HackerOne by d3f4u17. (#11487)
  
• [Security] Fixed webtorrent file detection issue as reported on HackerOne by d3f4u17. (#11488)
  
• Fixed ad notifications being delivered when not enough unblinded tokens available. (#11789)
  
• Fixed rewards restore modal displaying “Please re-enter keys or try different keys.” error before entering keys. (#11235)
  
• Fixed “Trackers & Ads Blocking” setting not persisting after restarting Brave in some cases. (#11585)
  
• Fixed WebGL and OpenGL being disabled in Linux due to “libEGL.so” and “libGLESv2.so” missing from Brave package. (#11504)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.75. (#12021)
  

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Brave Stable 1.15.76

Release Notes (Desktop) 

• Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.111 (#12225)
  

Source: https://brave.com/latest/
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Brave Stable 1.16.68

Release Notes (Desktop) 

• Added Crypto.com widget to the New Tab Page. (#12074)
  
• Added the ability to use 24-hour clock on the New Tab Page. (#9038)
  
• Added QR code under brave://rewards for iOS devices. (#12176)
  
• Added Greaselion support for YouTube creators. (#9133)
  
• Added Auto-Contribute feature flag to Greaselion. (#11670)
  
• [Security] Fixed WebTorrent redirect issue as reported on HackerOne by d3f4u17. (#11683)
  
• [Security] Encrypted private wallet data preferences for Brave Rewards. (#2555)
  
• Updated Startpage search to give attribution to Brave. (#12257)
  
• Updated Dapp detection script to be minified. (#11725)
  
• Updated Dapp detection to use window.ethereum. (#11698)
  
• Updated Brave Ads to automatically limit unwanted Brave Ads delivery. (#11617)
  
• Updated Tor to use an OS selected port number. (#649)
  
• Updated “Learn more” link under brave://settings/help which displays in certain cases on Windows. (#11746)
  
• Renamed “Web3 provider for using Dapps” to “Ethereum provider for using Dapps” under brave://settings/extensions. (#11711)
  
• Removed known email tracking parameters from Vero URLs. (#11817)
  
• Removed known tracking parameter “yclid” from URLs. (#11578)
  
• Removed intra-site requests from the query string filter. (#9020)
  
• Removed prompt to select Dapp provider when MetaMask is installed. (#11623)
  
• Removed login flow from Brave Rewards in certain cases when a KYC’d Uphold user wallet was previously connected. (#11760)
  
• Fixed issue where restoring a Brave Rewards wallet failed in certain cases. (#11647)
  
• Fixed breakage on sites that use “addthis” scripts in certain cases. (#11744)
  
• Fixed issue where long translations on the “Connect to Gemini” button for the Gemini widget did not display properly. (#11445)
  
• Fixed “Customize Dashboard” modal to remove unnecessary scroll bars. (#11374)
  

Source: https://brave.com/latest/
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Brave Stable 1.16.72

Release Notes (Desktop) 

• Fixed reCAPTCHA constantly being displayed when logging into certain websites. (#12359)
  
• Fixed fingerprinting issues in certain cases by reverting “navigator.deviceMemory”. (#12289)
  
• Fixed webview crash in certain cases by using proper origin. (#12268)
  
• Removed iOS QR code function from brave://rewards. (#12475)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.183. (#12471)
  

Source: https://brave.com/latest/
Download: https://brave.com/download/

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Brave Stable 1.16.76

Release Notes (Desktop) ​​​​​​​

• Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.198. (#12645)
  

Brave Stable 1.16.75

• Changed HTTP error code Brave uses when blocking network request to better match what other browsers and tools expect, to increase compatibility with crowdsourced filter lists. (#10063)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 86.0.4240.193. (#12603)
  

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Brave Stable 1.17.73

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added support for CNAME adblocking. (#11712)
  
• Added support for including New Tab Page Sponsored Image views in "Estimated pending rewards" and "Ad notifications received this month" for Brave Ads. (#10488)
  
• Added Greaselion support for Twitter creators. (#11462)
  
• Added Greaselion support for GitHub creators. (#11463)
  
• Added Greaselion support for Reddit creators. (#11464)
  
• Added promotion for Uphold Equities Card. (#12276)
  
• Added P3A metrics for the New Tab Page. (#12267)
  
• Added setting for "Cycle through the most recently used tabs with Ctrl-Tab" under brave://settings/appearance. (#913)
  
• Improved user interface to make it easier to interact with ".onion" sites. (#806)
  
• Improved top site tiles on the New Tab Page. (#12772)
  
• Improved Dapp detection so that it is not triggered on https://web.archive.org. (#11865)
  
• Implemented WebGL2 fingerprint farbling protections. (#9189)
  
• Implemented User Agent fingerprint farbling protections. (#12097)
  
• Updated design for Brave Rewards tipping banners. (#11393)
  
• Re-enabled Safe Browsing for downloads. (#6267)
  
• Removed Bitcoin.com widget from the New Tab Page. (#12699)
  
• Removed known user tracking parameter "_openstat" from query strings. (#11579)
  
• Fixed Greaselion race condition which caused the content-level tip button text to not display properly. (#12264)
  
• Fixed favicon for verified Twitter creators not being displayed correctly under the rewards panel. (#4557)
  
• Fixed inability to tip a creator from the rewards panel if content-level tips were disabled. (#12090)
  
• Fixed content-level tip button not displaying for the selected tweet on a Twitter thread. (#6762)
  
• Fixed Twitter handle not displaying correctly when tweeting about a tip in certain cases. (#8265)
  
• Fixed issue where tipping a user's likes on Twitter would result in the incorrect Twitter handle being displayed in the tweet. (#5685)
  
• Fixed alignment of content-level tip button on certain GitHub pages. (#10434)
  
• Fixed content-level tip button not being displayed on certain GitHub pages. (#11766)
  
• Fixed landed confirmations being created without clicking on the Brave Ad notification. (#12155)
  
• Fixed issue where Brave Ad confirmations failed to migrate from older versions if Brave Ads were off in certain cases. (#12260)
  
• Fixed issue where WebGL shader API was incorrectly being blocked in certain cases. (#12366)
  
• Fixed issue where trackpad zoom on Google Maps was too sensitive. (#12310)
  
• Fixed certain maps not displaying properly. (#12448)
  
• Fixed incorrect initial display of bubble buttons from the URL bar. (#11838)
  
• Fixed "Customize Dashboard" tool tip text incorrectly being shown outside of the Customize Dashboard modal. (#10299)
  
• Fixed labels under brave://settings for consistency. (#8822)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 87.0.4280.67. (#12793)
  

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Brave Stable 1.17.75

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added “Don’t ask again” button under Crypto Wallet infobar. (#12482)
  
• Fixed menu items missing from bookmark context menu when using German locale. (#12844)
  
• Updated “Ad notifications received this month” text under brave://rewards to “Ads received this month”. (#12719)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 87.0.4280.88. (#13006)
  

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Brave Stable 1.18.70

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added Brave Today news feed on the New Tab Page. (#12574)
  
• Added support for day-parting of Brave Ads. (#5234)
  
• Added P3A metrics for Brave Today. (#12974)
  
• Added P2A metrics in Brave Ads. (#11060)
  
• Added Greaselion support for Vimeo creators. (#11465)
  
• Added setting for “New tab page shows” under brave://settings/newTab. (#2999)
  
• Added protection against private browsing detection. (#11543)
  
• [Security] Added privacy notice to Uphold wallet linking modals. (#11431)
  
• Implemented the ability to remove other devices in a sync chain. (#11232)
  
• Implemented navigator.deviceMemory farbling. (#12348)
  
• Implemented Brave Rewards onboarding. (#12138)
  
• Implemented new panel design for monthly contributions. (#11929)
  
• Improved the display of custom background images in the Brave Rewards tipping banner. (#12057)
  
• Improved heuristic for determining first/third-party-ness of ads for default cosmetic filtering. (#1998)
  
• Improved contrast among tabs. (#8576)
  
• Enabled Global Privacy Control. (#12875)
  
• Updated default search engine to Yandex for new installations in certain regions. (#12327)
  
• Updated Brave Rewards extension to be non-persistent. (#6462)
  
• Updated error messaging on Brave Rewards tipping banners. (#12224)
  
• Updated macOS dock icons to be smaller. (#8662)
  
• Removed redundant rewards setting to address user confusion. (#11467)
  
• Removed Dapp detection for https://www.nytimes.com. (#12709)
  
• Fixed Crypto Wallet infobar incorrectly being displayed for Google Calendar and Gmail. (#12942)
  
• Fixed navigator.userAgent farbling not being applied in workers. (#12230)
  
• Fixed Canvas farbling in disconnected iframes. (#12303)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 87.0.4280.101. (#13081)
  

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Brave Stable 1.18.75

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added QR code under brave://rewards for iOS devices. (#13159)
  
• Fixed issue where the New Tab Page was causing persistently higher CPU and GPU usage. (#13194)
  
• Fixed issue where the number of Brave Ads delivered per day was incorrectly being limited by the ads per hour selection. (#13215)
  

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Brave Stable 1.19.86

Release Notes (Desktop)

• Added native IPFS support. (#10220)
  
• Added Greaselion support for Twitch creators. (#11466)
  
• Added “Tabs from other devices” under brave://history when sync is enabled. (#10473)
  
• Updated pre-populated search engine list. (#13283)
  
• Updated visuals for both “New private window” and “New private window with Tor” to make it easier to distinguish between the two windows. (#2735)
  
• Updated New Tab Page background images. (#12508)
  
• Updated Brave Rewards onboarding panel under brave://welcome. (#13119)
  
• Update referrer handling for better compatibility. (#13464)
  
• Updated directory path of admin policy on Linux. (#12426)
  
• Implemented ad conversion against the complete URL chain of trust. (#13033)
  
• Removed Chromium noscript dialog from the URL bar. (#199)
  
• Removed duplicate controls from brave://settings/newTab. (#12505)
  
• Replaced the “Add Card” tab under New Tab Page with sub-tab “Edit Cards”. (#12625)
  
• Fixed ad crash when refilling unblinded tokens after downloading catalog due to invalid blinded tokens. (#12836)
  
• Fixed ads not being displayed after restart if catalog fails to download but a previous catalog bundle exists. (#10904)
  
• Fixed fifth background image (yellow) not being used on tip banner. (#12596)
  
• Fixed clicking on “Open in Tor” button from Guest window does not connect to Tor network. (#12470)
  
• Fixed Tor crash in certain cases. (#12798)
  
• Fixed Tor not working when multiple profiles are opened at the same time. (#12650)
  
• Fixed open tabs not always being synced to other devices in sync chain. (#11183)
  
• Fixed autoplay dialog being displayed under URL bar if global content settings under brave://settings/content/autoplay is toggled. (#12795)
  
• Fixed brave://discards loading blank page. (#10451)
  
• Fixed incorrect number formatting for Crypto.com widget. (#12816)
  
• Fixed Brave Today intro card not being dismissed after being viewed. (#12960)
  
• Fixed Brave Today history scoring being limited to 100 items. (#13041)
  
• Fixed geolocations using the wrong endpoints in certain cases. (#11862)
  
• Upgraded Chromium to 88.0.4324.96. (#13637)
  

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