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  • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    64·
    6 个月前

    Brave has built-in telemetry, that pings their servers every day, by default it comes with a whole bunch of blockchain/NFT bullshit, it installs VPN services on your computer without your consent, they used to insert their affiliate links into URLs of shopping websites and there are many more controversies around​ Brave.

    • MilitantVegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      461·
      6 个月前

      And to add to all this, the company that maintains Brave is run by a well known anti-lgbtq bigot.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20·
        6 个月前

        Yup.

        Donated money for a campaign for stripping gay people of their right to marry.

        Backed a politician who said that AIDS is good because it cleanses the world of gay people.

        And when questioned about his views in an interview, no joke, his position was that by criticising him on his position surrounding LGBT rights, you are being intolerant of others.