{
  "slug": "brave",
  "name": "Brave",
  "maker": "Brave",
  "category": "browsers",
  "verdict": "y",
  "answer": "Yes. Only you can read what Brave Sync stores, because the key stays on your devices. Brave also upgrades sites to secure connections by default.",
  "title": "Is Brave encrypted? Brave Sync and HTTPS",
  "description": "Only you can read the bookmarks, history and passwords Brave Sync stores. The key stays on your devices, and sites load over HTTPS by default.",
  "parts": [
    {
      "key": "globe",
      "status": "y",
      "words": "Only you and the site",
      "note": "Brave tries to upgrade every site to a secure connection and falls back only if the upgrade fails, on computers, Android and iPhone.",
      "sources": [
        3,
        4
      ],
      "label": "Connection to sites"
    },
    {
      "key": "pass",
      "status": "y",
      "words": "Only you",
      "note": "Sealed on your device with a key made from your sync code.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "label": "Saved passwords"
    },
    {
      "key": "hist",
      "status": "y",
      "words": "Only you",
      "note": "History and open tabs are sealed the same way.",
      "sources": [
        2
      ],
      "label": "History and open tabs"
    },
    {
      "key": "mark",
      "status": "y",
      "words": "Only you",
      "note": "Bookmarks are sealed the same way.",
      "sources": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "label": "Bookmarks"
    }
  ],
  "extra_parts": [],
  "keys": "Your devices, using your sync code. Brave never has the key.",
  "can_see": "The details it needs to keep devices in step, such as device names and types, IDs for synced items, version numbers and when items were created, according to Brave's developer notes.",
  "business": null,
  "fix": null,
  "fix_line": null,
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "is-brave-sync-encrypted",
      "q": "Is Brave Sync end-to-end encrypted?",
      "a": "Yes. Brave says your synced bookmarks, passwords and other data are stored in an encrypted file, and only you have the key, which stays on your devices [1].\n\nBrave's developer notes explain that each device encrypts everything before it syncs, using a key stretched from your sync code [2]. Brave runs its own sync server, so the data doesn't go to Google [2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "what-can-brave-see",
      "q": "What can Brave see about my synced data?",
      "a": "The details it needs to keep your devices in step. Brave's developer notes list device names and types, IDs for synced items, version numbers and creation times as left readable [2]. The contents stay sealed [2]."
    },
    {
      "id": "lost-brave-sync-code",
      "q": "What if I lose my Brave sync code?",
      "a": "Brave can't help. Because only you hold the key, Brave says it's impossible for it to recover your synced data if you lose your devices or keys [1]. Sync chains you stop using expire after 12 months, and their data may then be deleted [1]."
    },
    {
      "id": "does-brave-use-https-by-default",
      "q": "Does Brave use HTTPS by default?",
      "a": "Yes. Brave tries to upgrade every site to a secure connection, and loads it unsecured only if the site doesn't support one or is on a short exception list [3][4]. It started on computers and Android in 2023 and came to iPhone in version 1.68 in 2024, with an optional Strict mode that warns you before falling back [3][4]."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Browser Privacy Policy",
      "publisher": "Brave",
      "url": "https://brave.com/privacy/browser/",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brave Sync v2",
      "publisher": "Brave",
      "url": "https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Brave-Sync-v2",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "HTTPS by Default",
      "publisher": "Brave",
      "url": "https://brave.com/privacy-updates/22-https-by-default/",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Brave brings HTTPS by Default to iOS",
      "publisher": "Brave",
      "url": "https://brave.com/privacy-updates/29-https-by-default-ios/",
      "read": "2026-10-25"
    }
  ],
  "changes": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-25",
      "text": "First published."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "firefox",
    "chrome",
    "safari",
    "edge"
  ],
  "url": "https://isitencrypted.com/brave/",
  "checked": "2026-10-25"
}