{"id":38348,"date":"2021-03-04T18:13:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T16:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38348"},"modified":"2025-08-30T04:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:13:59","slug":"brave-to-launch-private-search-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/brave-to-launch-private-search-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Brave to launch private search engine."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The privacy-focused Brave browser plans to launch its own search engine for desktop and mobile.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Today we\u2019re announcing Brave Search and the acquisition of Tailcat, the open search engine. Brave Search and the Brave browser constitute the industry\u2019s first independent, privacy-preserving alternative to Big Tech. Privacy is becoming mainstream. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/86PlC7worY\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/86PlC7worY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brave Software (@brave) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brave\/status\/1367123896604917765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><br \/>\\nTo realise the project, the company acquired the Tailcat open-source search engine. It does not collect IP addresses or use users&#8217; personal information.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPrivacy is becoming mainstream. The Brave browser provides strict protection for users. Brave Search is being developed in accordance with the same principles,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>At launch, Brave will offer users a choice of several search engines. In the future, Brave Search will be set as the default in the browser.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to launch the search engine in late spring or summer 2021. Users can already sign up for early testing.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/brave-browser-to-launch-cryptocurrency-exchange\">began developing<\/a> its own decentralised cryptocurrency exchange. The launch date is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Brave has broadened its product lineup after its monthly active users <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/brave-browsers-monthly-active-users-exceed-20-million\">surpassed 20 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>In January, the developers of the crypto browser <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/brave-adds-ipfs-support\">integrated support for the IPFS protocol<\/a> (\\&#8217;interplanetary file system\\&#8217;). In February, the Brave marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/braves-swag-store-adds-nfts\">was augmented with NFTs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full stream of news, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The privacy-focused Brave browser plans to launch its own search engine for desktop and mobile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[511,1111,1256,1555,1110],"class_list":["post-38348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-brave","tag-cybersecurity","tag-privacy-and-personal-data","tag-search-engine","tag-web-3-0"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"45","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38350,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38348\/revisions\/38350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}