Many of us are unhappy with the level of tracking Amazon, Google, and Facebook are doing when we use their websites. They follow each of our movements and beyond changing certain parameters, we can not do enough to stop them.

If you are as worried as I am, here is a fun project for the weekend: switch to another browser. And potentially earn a few dollars for your efforts.

Most of us use Google Chrome, which, as Washington Post's Geoffrey Fowler recently reported, is a data-hungry browser that found 11,000 trackers of its Chrome surfer in just one week.

On Friday, I downloaded the alternative browser Brave, which addresses to those of us who do not fear that our privacy is invaded. In just three hours of use, Brave told me that 10 trackers had been blocked, as well as 887 commercials.

Now it's the service!

Apple Safari and Mozilla Firefox also claim to be vigilant about blocking trackers and ads, but they are not as vocal as Brave to show you the results. And they will not pay you to watch what Brave hopes to be less evasive ads.

Chrome is Google's Internet window, which benefits from the sale of targeted ads. (Google has generated revenue of about $ 136 billion in 2018.) The browser connects you to the Google search engine, to YouTube, to Google Maps and to other cash vending machines in the world. Google empire.

Brave has a different idea. "You are not a product, why use a browser that treats you as such?" he asks consumers.

Thus, it blocks "third-party" ads, those that come from ad exchanges and follow you on the Web, for example from Amazon to Facebook, via CNET, but allow ads. " owners. " If Amazon announces something on its website, Brave lets it go.

Brave will reward you and me for viewing one to five ads per hour via their browser. The idea is that you agree to look at the ads of the sites you like and that you are so rewarded. Advertisers send us 70% of revenue and Brave holds 30%.

On Twitter, users said they reported between 37 cents and $ 15.

"We are not talking about thousands of dollars," says Catherine Corre de Brave. "It's a brand new program, and it's the beginning."

The chances that Brave will succeed with this are weak. This small Silicon Valley start-up is competing with giants like Google, Microsoft and Apple in the browser war. But congratulate the company for trying something radically different. Instead of letting advertising agencies follow our every move and motivate us, Brave simply pays for your time.

And what is it for you?

Brave is available as a desktop and mobile browser on Google Play and on the iOS App Store.

In other new techniques this week

How hackers are strengthening the safety of your cars – today's US Dalvin Brown explained how companies like Tesla and General Motors have been pushed to the limit to fight this scourge.

The Sony Walkman turned 40 this week. Children, if you do not remember, the Walkman was the first portable music player using the old technology of cassettes. Edward C. Baig takes a nostalgic look.

Holiday tips for all of you. This week, we've come up with several of them, including making room for your smartphone on your travels, how to hack your vacation for free, and how to get great July 4th fireworks photos on your smartphone. The latter you can file for next year.

This week's Talking Tech podcasts

Depalo to help find Instagram quality photos. Rebecca Aneloski tells us about her new application.

Fireworks tips from July 4th

Bad Smartphone storage

Food advice for July 4th or anytime. Instagram food blogger Mike Chau gives tips on getting better food photos on July 4th on #Talking Tech.

How to hack a vacation for free. Ted Harrington, security expert at Independent Security Evaluators, says you need to change your passwords before you go on vacation, and then back when you're away, to keep hackers away. He explains why, on Talking Tech.

Speaking of holidays, we have just spent a week in Oregon. Relive some accelerated magic with us below.

That sums up the Talking Tech news this week.

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