Brave, a major privacy-oriented rival of popular browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox, now automatically redirects users to cheque out archived versions of pages that were removed from the web.

Starting from February. 25, Brave browser users tin can instantly access archived content of "missing" pages on the Cyberspace via Wayback Motorcar integration on the Brave desktop browser.

In order to unlock the new feature, Brave has partnered with pop nonprofit digital library The Internet Annal, or Archive.org. The new characteristic debuted on Brave browser version 1.4 and is only available on desktop for now. Archive.org revealed the evolution in a Feb. 25 blog post.

A portal to the Internet's history

Founded in 1996 with the purpose of offering permanent access to historical digital data, the Internet Annal has archived over 900 billion URLs alongside 400 billion web pages to engagement, and keeps adding hundreds of millions pages each twenty-four hours.

Equally a result of native Wayback Machine integration on HTTP 404 responses within the Brave desktop browser, users are now automatically offered to read an archived page instead of the traditional "Page Not Found" notice. If a page is missing or has been taken downwards, Brave will prove the following notification:

"Distressing, that folio is missing. Do yous want to check if a saved version is available on the Wayback Motorcar?"

As such, Brave users volition farther exist able to scroll through older versions of the page in case they have been archived on the Wayback Machine. Brave claims to be the first browser with built-in Wayback Auto support so far. Indeed, other popular browsers like Safari, Chrome and Firefox but currently back up the feature via browser extensions.

Wayback Machine 404 support on Brave browser.

Wayback Machine 404 support on Brave browser. "Missing" page link

Brave and the Net Archive'due south partnership dates back to 2022

Brave'due south back up of the Wayback Automobile is not the showtime collaboration of Brave and the Internet Annal though. Dorsum in 2022, the Net Archive added support for getting micropayments from participating Brave Browser users, allowing Brave users to privately tip their favorite websites with cryptocurrency. Eventually, the Internet Archive collected over $2,500 in tips via Brave's Basic Attention Token (BAT) by April 2022.

As part of its close relationship with Brave, the Internet Annal has expressed its positive stance to user privacy online. Their team wrote in the statement:

"Nosotros are grateful for their commitment to user privacy, helping accelerate alternatives to the electric current ad-supported Web, and focusing on improving the overall Spider web browsing experience. We applaud Brave'southward leadership in these efforts and look frontwards to working with them on other ways to aid brand the Web more useful and reliable."

The news comes amid a new comparative study proving that Dauntless browser is the best browsing solution among half-dozen popular browsers including Google, Safari and Firefox when information technology comes to privacy. Equally user privacy online has been increasingly discussed, Dauntless browser is plainly becoming more and more popular around the world. As reported previously, Brave browser saw its monthly agile users almost double from 5.v million in 2022 to 10.four million in 2022.