Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy
by teejmya on Friday June 18, 2021 @01:00PM
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I think people are misremembering or misunderstanding a recent controversy where Brave was adding their own affiliate links to the user's browsing session without the user's knowledge or consent: https://www.coindesk.com/brave-browsers-affiliate-link-contr...
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Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy
by kkoncevicius on Friday June 18, 2021 @01:04PM
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I don't think this is it because the article has a separate section about affiliate link controversy.
Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy
by 411111111111111 on Friday June 18, 2021 @02:20PM
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These points had been true at some point though... Also, brave is constantly astroturfing, so you should always take whatever you read online with a grain of salt.
I used brave's android browser a long time ago as well (at that time these claims were true - but they didn't replace the ads on all pages). I cannot speak about whats the current situation however, as I'm not up to date on the topic.