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You can, but please don’t do this, you’ll stick out even more! Tor browser has a series of anti fingerprinting strategies that chrome doesn’t

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I don't think anonimity is a concern for people who still use Chrome at this point.

It does allow accessing onion sites, though, even though anyone running an onion site will probably tell you that it's a terrible idea to use plain Chrome to access them.

Does Brave attempt to mimic any of these anti fingerprinting strategies? Asking because it has a "Private tab with Tor" feature

No. First of all, just check for `navigator.brave`. If it exists, it's Brave. When I ran a .onion site I added a JavaScript check and if navigator.brave was present, it redirected users to a specific page saying:

> Hey, there's something funny about your Tor Browser. When browsing Tor hidden services (.onion), you should be using Tor Browser. Are you using an outdated version, or perhaps something else entirely?

Brave is chrome. Tor browser is firefox, has a bunch of tweaks, different default settings, and a different fingerprint. Also when browsing on Tor, you should disable JavaScript as it's a source of many vulnerabilities.

The main strategy is that most people on Tor are using Tor Browser. This creates a cluster big enough to blend in. If you're using anything else, you're sticking out.

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