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The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave)

2022/2/15
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Brendan Eich认为Brave浏览器通过屏蔽广告追踪器，保护用户隐私，并通过BAT系统让用户参与匿名广告并获得收益，支持创作者。Brave浏览器是一个以用户为中心的平台，数据源于用户设备上的浏览器。他回顾了Netscape和Mozilla的历史，解释了为什么需要一个新的浏览器来解决隐私和广告追踪问题。他还讨论了Brave浏览器的技术架构，以及如何通过零知识证明技术实现链上验证。他认为Brave浏览器可以赋予用户经济权力，并与网络巨头竞争。 Ben Gilbert和David Rosenthal与Brendan Eich讨论了Brave浏览器的功能、发展历程以及面临的挑战。他们探讨了隐私保护的重要性，以及Brave浏览器如何通过屏蔽追踪器、使用BAT系统等方式实现隐私保护。他们还讨论了Brave浏览器与其他浏览器的竞争，以及Brave浏览器未来的发展方向。

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Brendan Eich discusses his early career at Silicon Graphics and his transition to Netscape. He highlights Netscape's role in making the web safe for commerce and the emergence of third-party tracking through embedded images and cookies.
  • Netscape played a crucial role in making the web safe for commerce with SSL.
  • Cookies, initially intended for website functionality, became a tool for third-party tracking.
  • The strong emphasis on backward compatibility on the web hindered efforts to address tracking issues.

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We sit down with perhaps the only person besides Marc Andreessen who’s had a major influence on each of the Web 1, 2 and 3 eras: Brave Browser CEO (and former Netscape + Mozilla Chief Architect) Brendan Eich. In true Acquired fashion we cover both a huge amount of both internet history AND internet future in one awesome conversation. Big thank you to Brendan for making this so special — tune in!

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