Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a...
by secr3t0 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @08:40PM
(#23443658)
Hate it when people do this. Have you actually even tried it ?
It just shows the referral link suggestion at the top, it doesn't hijack the link you typed in. You're still free to open the original link.
Of course the twitter post cleverly hides this by hiding the list of suggestions.
Now we have this long flaming thread for something that's totally normal and perfectly acceptable.
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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a...
by RandomBacon on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:01PM
(#23443771)
Firefox: type in Binance.us and immediately press enter - no referral code.
Chrome: type in Binance.us and immediately press enter - no referral code.
Brave: type in Binance.us and immediately press enter - yes referral code.
Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a...
by lakeWater on Saturday June 06, 2020 @09:25PM
(#23443922)
Looks like their plan for resolving the outrage is an opt-in setting.
Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a...
by paulcarroty on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:35AM
(#23445025)
Hahah, when you delete ref code and enter Binance.us again it loads without ref.
This experience sucks, but at least the refs aren't fully hardcoded.
Github issue: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/10129
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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a...
by egypturnash on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:16PM
(#23444212)
I just downloaded Brave onto a computer that has never had Brave on it and typed "binance.us" into its address bar. Hit return. Oh look, I seem to be at "https://www.binance.us/en?ref=35089877".
Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a...
by allarm on Sunday June 07, 2020 @02:49AM
(#23445326)
Works fine on the mobile version. Redirects me to “https://www.binance.us/en”