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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.

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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.

https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1269404443818119168

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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".
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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”
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