Brave browser hijacking links and affiliate codes!

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Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on January 25, 2021, 06:01:43 AM

Quote from: kaltun on January 25, 2021, 05:37:49 AM

never thought about this also didnt know about the ceo of this was a bad guy, you mean Brendan Eich right ?

Yes. He donates to anti-LGBT organizations and causes, he donates to politicians who oppress minorities and deny climate change, and he expresses anti-scientific views, most recently regarding the COVID pandemic. He was fired from Mozilla because of his bigoted views.

Quote from: kaltun on January 25, 2021, 05:37:49 AM

and how about chrome , its from Google thats evil also ?

Chrome is terrible for so many reasons. It is pretty much spyware at this point. It phones home to Google constantly and tracks literally everything you do online, even as far as pre-fetching results (and logging those results) for things you type in to the address bar, even if you don't actually press enter. Google use all that information to build a complete profile on you (linked of course to any sites you log in to via Chrome such as Facebook, Instagram, etc.) and sells all that to advertisers and third parties. I wouldn't use Chrome if you paid me.

Quote from: kaltun on January 25, 2021, 05:37:49 AM

is duckduckgo also evil ??

DuckDuckGo is good as both a search engine and as a browser app.

Tor is obviously the best browser in terms of security and privacy, but many people don't like using it due to slow speed and some pages not displaying correctly. The next best option is Firefox, preferably with a small number of privacy improving extensions and tweaks: https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#browser

the reason i use chrome / brave /mozilla because of metamask , reading all those thing what you say, it really made me think for using it.
so if i sum up which are the best for using it :
- Tor --> https://www.torproject.org/
- duckduckgo --> https://duckduckgo.com/
- mozilla -->https://www.mozilla.org/

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Quote from: kaltun on January 25, 2021, 05:37:49 AM

never thought about this also didnt know about the ceo of this was a bad guy, you mean Brendan Eich right ?

Yes. He donates to anti-LGBT organizations and causes, he donates to politicians who oppress minorities and deny climate change, and he expresses anti-scientific views, most recently regarding the COVID pandemic. He was fired from Mozilla because of his bigoted views.

Quote from: kaltun on January 25, 2021, 05:37:49 AM

and how about chrome , its from Google thats evil also ?

Chrome is terrible for so many reasons. It is pretty much spyware at this point. It phones home to Google constantly and tracks literally everything you do online, even as far as pre-fetching results (and logging those results) for things you type in to the address bar, even if you don't actually press enter. Google use all that information to build a complete profile on you (linked of course to any sites you log in to via Chrome such as Facebook, Instagram, etc.) and sells all that to advertisers and third parties. I wouldn't use Chrome if you paid me.

Quote from: kaltun on January 25, 2021, 05:37:49 AM

is duckduckgo also evil ??

DuckDuckGo is good as both a search engine and as a browser app.

Tor is obviously the best browser in terms of security and privacy, but many people don't like using it due to slow speed and some pages not displaying correctly. The next best option is Firefox, preferably with a small number of privacy improving extensions and tweaks: https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#browser

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Quote from: DooMAD on January 24, 2021, 11:42:53 AM

Quote from: kaltun on January 24, 2021, 10:19:04 AM

and if i can also earn coins with using the browser why not ? but i was little confused when i saw and read here the post about negativity of brave...
my question is , is it dangerous to use brave Huh

It depends on your outlook. You don't just earn for yourself, you earn money for the company, Brave Software. The CEO of Brave has expressed certain views that some may find bigoted, intolerant and prejudicial. By using Brave, you might end up inadvertently funding someone who would openly discriminate against you or people you care about. If you believe in supporting the rights and freedoms of others, consider finding an alternative to Brave.

whaaat ??

never thought about this also didnt know about the ceo of this was a bad guy, you mean Brendan Eich right ? and how about chrome , its from Google thats evil also ? or edge its from micrsoft or safari ect ect

is duckduckgo also evil ??

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I started using Brave a few months ago, only as a browser though after my firefox on android
started giving trouble, slow site loads and unresponsive text windows. With Brave I've had
no problems but reading the posts here I think i'll change and try Bold.

Thanks for the thread

Ok just reading it is a but early days ATM for Bold browser.

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Quote from: $crypto$ on January 24, 2021, 10:00:44 AM

But for me the best browser is Google Chrome, for some reason it feels comfortable to use on PC and mobile.

Both are essentially running on the Chromium engine. But one thing that made me switch from Chrome to Brave was the ads as well as the earning potential.

While you could still install the adblock on Chrome, Brave has it enabled by default.

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Quote from: kaltun on January 24, 2021, 10:19:04 AM

and if i can also earn coins with using the browser why not ? but i was little confused when i saw and read here the post about negativity of brave...
my question is , is it dangerous to use brave Huh

It depends on your outlook. You don't just earn for yourself, you earn money for the company, Brave Software. The CEO of Brave has expressed certain views that some may find bigoted, intolerant and prejudicial. By using Brave, you might end up inadvertently funding someone who would openly discriminate against you or people you care about. If you believe in supporting the rights and freedoms of others, consider finding an alternative to Brave.

kaltun

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i am using also chrome but also brave, for me there is almost no difference between chrome and brave , escpecially when brave copied/synched the everything from chrome.. and if i can also earn coins with using the browser why not ? but i was little confused when i saw and read here the post about negativity of brave...
my question is , is it dangerous to use brave Huh

btw i am reacting from chrome browser Grin

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Quote from: pawanjain on January 24, 2021, 09:43:48 AM

I had tried using brave browser once but it was only a dilemma for me. I didn't even liked it's interface and stopped using it just in 2 days.
My friend had invested in BAT few years ago and I only feel sad for him since BAT has only gone down in price over the years when paired with BTC.
There's no reason for me to look up for Brave browser and BAT anymore. I prefer using Firefox on my PC and Kiwi browser on my phone.
These are the best browsers till date I have ever used.

Not promoting but Kiwi browser for Android has the option to install add ons/extensions which makes it more cool than any other browser for smartphone.

In the beginning, the Brave browser was launched, I used it, but it was not long and I was just expecting to get a BAT token. Honestly, for me, I am not comfortable with this browser, but I do not know about the others, obviously many are using Brave because they only want the tokens they get.

BAT's price is quite good, well, my friends get a lot of tokens from short-term trades but they don't invest much longer because it's prone too.

But for me the best browser is Google Chrome, for some reason it feels comfortable to use on PC and mobile.

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I had tried using brave browser once but it was only a dilemma for me. I didn't even liked it's interface and stopped using it just in 2 days.
My friend had invested in BAT few years ago and I only feel sad for him since BAT has only gone down in price over the years when paired with BTC.
There's no reason for me to look up for Brave browser and BAT anymore. I prefer using Firefox on my PC and Kiwi browser on my phone.
These are the best browsers till date I have ever used.

Not promoting but Kiwi browser for Android has the option to install add ons/extensions which makes it more cool than any other browser for smartphone.

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Quote from: crypto1998 on August 15, 2020, 05:30:21 AM

after all this scam from BRAVE browser i think BRAVE TOKEN will be delisted from BINANCE soon to save BINANCE reputation Grin

i was checking info about Brave browser on BTT, and came accross this thread, i am using brave myself, and earning BAT tokens with surfing and i adviced a lot of (non-crypto) users to use this browser.

the coin is ( atm of writing) $0.3 and rising...

so little confused .. the brave is trustable ..yes Huh

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after all this scam from BRAVE browser i think BRAVE TOKEN will be delisted from BINANCE soon to save BINANCE reputation Grin

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Quote from: Lucius on July 20, 2020, 09:03:12 AM

I don’t want to open a new topic, but a couple of days ago I started getting notifications from my AV that Brave wants access to my webcam access, but there was no reason for that. I checked to see if anyone else had similar experiences and found some more cases where users are wondering what this is all about. Each browser has options where you can manage web or mic access, so I suggest that all those who use Brave check if this permission is turned on.

More info about issue -> https://community.brave.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-brave-desktop-for-win-10-keeps-trying-to-access-my-webcam/115286

Must be those BATs we have received, now they want NUDEs in return.

Jokes aside, I think the best way to avoid these things, aside from Brave is to cover the webcam.

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I don’t want to open a new topic, but a couple of days ago I started getting notifications from my AV that Brave wants access to my webcam access, but there was no reason for that. I checked to see if anyone else had similar experiences and found some more cases where users are wondering what this is all about. Each browser has options where you can manage web or mic access, so I suggest that all those who use Brave check if this permission is turned on.

More info about issue -> https://community.brave.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-brave-desktop-for-win-10-keeps-trying-to-access-my-webcam/115286

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As it stands now, no browser is to be trust. If brave browser can surf on you, other browser's are also doing the same. What I do like about brave is their fast connection of loading files.
Changing name to braver does it mean that their past formal bad deeds will be forgotten and wont remember or mentioning ever again. It makes no sense to me since they're still the same people controlling, managing, fixing and updating the app

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Some thoughts:

Bold browser is a much better name than Braver browser.
Their new icon is lit. (Can someone who is "down with the kids" please confirm I have used that word correctly?)
This is the final nail in the coffin for Brave browser as far as I am concerned. Sending legal threats to contributers (note: not even the owners) of an open source project is ridiculous. They've compromised on privacy, they've compromised on ads, and now they are compromising on freedom, all in the name of their own profits.

At this point I would have a tough time choosing between Brave and Chrome, which is saying a lot considering Chrome is spyware, but as far as I am aware Google have never sent legal threats to developers of any browsers built on Chromium.

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Quote from: notblox1 on July 09, 2020, 08:53:48 AM

Latest updated is that guys from Braver browser (fork from Brave browser) got served and received legal threats from Brave team,
so they had to change name of browser to BOLD as well as add new icon with different colors.

Just adding some source:

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Due to legal threats sent to one of our community members by a certain party, specifically looking to harm them financially because of what this browser is forked from, we are immediately changing the name and removing all association to "the browser that shall not be named".

https://twitter.com/BoldBrowser/status/1281167687629049856

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We are also removing references to a browser that we previously mentioned from our tweets, as a gesture of goodwill to those who send legal threats to open source contributors.

https://twitter.com/BoldBrowser/status/1281174422347546624

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A company shouldn't advertise itself as privacy and anonymity respecting if they support sending legal threats to the only non-anonymous contributor of an open-source project.

Legal Disclaimer: this tweet is about nothing/noone in particular.

https://twitter.com/BoldBrowser/status/1281223448170242049

New links:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoldBrowser
GitHub: https://github.com/BoldBrowser

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Quote from: notblox1 on July 09, 2020, 08:53:48 AM

Latest updated is that guys from Braver browser (fork from Brave browser) got served and received legal threats from Brave team,
so they had to change name of browser to BOLD as well as add new icon with different colors.

Not overly surprising. I did think it was a little too similar, heh.

But that outcome should serve as a reminder web browsers are actually a business. They create this software to make money. Your choice of browser is an ethical choice and, if at all possible, you should endeavour to make sure you support the businesses that respect individual freedoms. The people who run Brave Software have made it abundantly clear in prior controversies that they won't defend the rights of individuals. Based on that alone, I would strongly recommend people don't use Brave.

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Latest updated is that guys from Braver browser (fork from Brave browser) got served and received legal threats from Brave team,
so they had to change name of browser to BOLD as well as add new icon with different colors.

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Quote from: notblox1 on June 07, 2020, 07:59:20 AM

Lot's of people are using Brave browser now, and thinking it is privacy based browser.
It is fork of Chrome browser, and people noticed that browser owners have been using their own affiliate links to earn.
They also delete all traces and talks about it on intenret.

Oh God! I switched to Brave once again after I've read a thread regarding about the Chromes harmful extensions, and now I see this! I thought from the very beginning that Brave browser is safe to use that's why many people trusted it (including me) but everything was a lie. Well, let's accept that Privacy is just a fiction in the online world because I feel that there are eyes watching on us wherever we visit Undecided

. It seems that we got no choice but to pick our own posion, so choose wisely.

Hmm any safer recommendations for mobile devices?

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Quote from: OgNasty on June 07, 2020, 12:23:08 PM

What a way to destroy your project for a few bucks...

Binance commissions are huge, it's certainly not 'few bucks'.

Anyway, they indeed shot their own foot with this bullshittery. Some will still keep using it tho as if nothing happened, also possible that most userbase would be unaware of this happenings, hey it helps me surf websites, it's fine.

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