Re:Getting Started with Brave
by circularfoyers on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:12PM
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The fact that you disingenuously refer to search suggestions as a "keylogger" doesn't make me feel anymore confident in the honesty of your company. I feel as if this is a immature response given you purposefully avoid describing what it actually is (which is still something I disagree with being a default).
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Re:Getting Started with Brave
by stopChanging on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:03AM
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I think it's a fair description to be honest. Granted, it's not some always running process grabbing your keypresses across different programs, but it is still a horrible privacy violation that is operating without most people's understanding.
Accidentally screw up a copy-paste? ctrl-z as quick as you like, it's too late, one of your passwords has been sent out to google...
It's a bit of an impassioned description of the feature, but this is a comment on HN, not some company press release. How neutered do we have to be that we can't make a point with emotion behind it. It's clearly much more hyperbole than "immature" or dishonest, is all I'm saying.
Re:Getting Started with Brave
by jonathansampson on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:21PM
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The reality is that users aren't necessarily aware that their keystrokes (and any unintentionally pasted input) are being sent to Google long before they explicitly navigate anywhere. Inspect the network activity and you will see a log of individual keystrokes (depending on how quickly you type) sent to Google. Firefox waits until you have 2 characters in the address bar before they send them off.