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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by cerberusss on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:45AM (#23445066)
It would inform people better if you would be more precise here.

According to the links, the "Get Add-ons" view in Firefox uses Google Analytics to collect aggregate visitor statistics. Furthermore they note that they negotiated a special contract with Google to only collect a subset of data.

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Re:The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting a... by paulcarroty on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:56AM (#23445114)
I don't believe any kind of personal or special contracts/negotiations/etc will deny Google to track analytics.google.com connection logs. So, "private browser" and Google servers aren't compatible by design.
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