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## Is Bromite de-googled?
Yes, although this has not been verified (and hardly can be) under all situations; if you were to find connections to cloud-based services please report them via the issue tracker.
Bromite uses [ungoogled-chromium's python script](https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/blob/master/utils/domain_substitution.py) to disable URLs in the codebase since version `78.0.3904.93`.
Projects which follow a strict approach on this are [Iridium](https://iridiumbrowser.de/) and [Inox patchset](https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset).
## What is the SystemWebView?
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See also [the wiki page](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/Installing-SystemWebView) for community-contributed installation instructions.
Ad-blocking was present and always enabled in the SystemWebView from version `72.0.3626.120` till version `77.0.3865.104`, when it stopped working due to [upstream NetworkService changes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TZEuPvr2KAbP4_TZpuuwtEEArQsyAkc2HDu68l66YwU/edit?ts=598244df#heading=h.ougoi5i6508y).
## How to enable DNS-over-HTTPS?
See [this wiki page](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/Enabling-DNS-over-HTTPS).
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## Does Bromite support WebRTC?
Yes, since version 69. While the desktop version of Chromium has an option to disable it (video/audio site settings), the Android version cannot.
## Using Bromite will favour the monopoly of the Chromium/Blink engine, why do you develop and maintain Bromite?
In short, to show what a Chromium-based engine could do **for the user** if the user experience and needs were the main focus of modern browser design.
For a browser using an alternative engine see [Fennec F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mozilla.fennec_fdroid/).
# Features
* customizable adblock filters via user-provided URL
* remove click-tracking and AMP from search results
* DNS-over-HTTPS support, you can use any DoH endpoint
* DNS-over-HTTPS support with any valid IETF DoH endpoint
* always-incognito mode
* all field triels permanently disabled
* [QUIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC) disabled by default
* always-visible cookies, javascript and ads site settings
* removed Play integration binary blobs
* uses CFI on all architectures except x86
* disable media router and remoting by default
* disable dynamic module loading
* enable site-per-process isolation for all devices with memory > 1GB
* completely removed safe browsing and other privacy-unfriendly features
* [proxy configuration page](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/ProxyConfiguration) with PAC and custom proxy lists support
* [StartPage](https://startpage.com/), [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/) and [Qwant](https://www.qwant.com/) search engines available by default
* chrome flags to disable custom intents and clear session on exit
* anti-fingerprinting mitigations for canvas, audio, client rects, webGL and sensor APIs
* flags to toggle anti-fingerprinting mitigations for canvas, audio, client rects, webGL and sensor APIs
* use fixed User-Agent to conceal real model and browser version
* privacy enhancement patches from [Iridium](https://iridiumbrowser.de/), [Inox patchset](https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset), [Brave](https://brave.com/) and [ungoogled-chromium](https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium) projects
* security enhancement patches from [GrapheneOS](https://github.com/GrapheneOS) project
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* allow playing videos in background tabs and disable pause on switching tabs
* all codecs included (proprietary, open H.264 etc.)
* [AV1 codec support](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/AV1-support)
* [dav1d](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/dav1d) decoder enabled by default
* built with official speed optimizations
* increased number of autocomplete matches
* allow changing default download storage location
* do not ignore save prompt for users without SD cards
* disable articles and increase number of icons on new tab page
You can inspect all functionality/privacy changes by reading the patches: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/tree/master/build/patches
You can inspect all functionality/privacy changes by reading the [patches](https://github.com/bromite/bromite/tree/master/build/patches) and/or the [CHANGELOG](./CHANGELOG.md).
### Flags
Flags which have been retired from upstream Chromium but are still available in Bromite.
* `#enable-horizontal-tab-switcher`
* `#pull-to-refresh`
# Privacy limitations
Bromite's privacy features, including anti-fingerprinting mitigations (which can be easily circumvented), **are not to be considered useful for journalists and people living in countries with freedom limitations**, please look at [Tor Browser](https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en) in such cases.
Bromite's privacy features, including anti-fingerprinting mitigations (which are not comprehensive), **are not to be considered useful for journalists and people living in countries with freedom limitations**, please look at [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/download/) in such cases.
# Releases
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arm64_ChromeModernPublic.apk: OK
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If you prefer an UI-based tool, you might want to look into [GtkHash](https://github.com/tristanheaven/gtkhash).
You can verify authenticity, e.g. that the author ([csagan5](https://github.com/csagan5)) released the file, by using gpg2:
```
$ gpg2 --quiet --verify brm_68.0.3440.54.sha256.txt.asc
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You can download csagan5's public GnuPG key from here: [csagan5.asc](./csagan5.asc).
**NOTE:** releases before v68 did not have published signed hashes files.
# How to build
The [Bromite main repository](https://github.com/bromite/bromite) contains tags for each corresponding Chromium release (see https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git).
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* [EasyPrivacy](https://easylist.to/#easyprivacy)
* [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/uBlockOrigin)
* [Peter Lowe's Ad and tracking server list](https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/)
# License
The patches published as part of the Bromite project are released under [GNU GPL v3](./LICENSE).