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Re:Brave launches 1.0 by thefreeman on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:10PM (#21527342)
doesn't Brave have to track your browsing history in order to accurately award sites "you visit the most"? Isn't that exactly the issue a lot of people have with ads in the first place?
Re:Brave launches 1.0 by alwillis on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:27PM (#21532244)
Nope—Brave uses zero knowledge proofs and other fancy technology so they don’t know anything: https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/8v11fr/how_will...
Re:Brave launches 1.0 by petemill on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:19PM (#21527454)
The decisions are all done locally by your browser on your computer.
Re:Brave launches 1.0 by readams on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @03:44PM (#21529325)
I'm sure there are no attack targets for malware here.
Re:Brave launches 1.0 by bsclifton on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @05:59PM (#21530693)
(employee here) We do take security very seriously and have been able to deliver a 24 hour turn-around when there are Chromium updates (like the recent zero-day bugs which were patched in C78). We also have a bounty program open via hackerone that we take seriously which has helped us improve: https://hackerone.com/brave
Re:Brave launches 1.0 by tzs on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @04:56PM (#21530047)
Can't you make the exact same argument for people using Firefox or Chrome? That malware on your computer might be able to get at your browsing history is a risk with all browsers, not just Brave.
Re:Brave launches 1.0 by twox2 on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:16PM (#21527402)
don't worry, something something blockchain
Re:Brave launches 1.0 by bsclifton on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @01:22PM (#21527489)
All the data about you (history, etc) is on your computer (and not shared in any way) :)