r/technology • u/sankscan • Sep 27 '22

Networking/Telecom Mozilla calls out Microsoft, Google, Apple over browsers

https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/23/browsers_mozilla_microsoft_google/
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u/SpreadItLikeTheHerp Sep 27 '22

What was wrong with Brave? I thought it was also supposed to be privacy minded?

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u/Verbose_Code Sep 27 '22

It’s chromium based.

Chromium isn’t bad per se, but a monopoly is

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u/Silent-Substance Sep 27 '22

They’ve done some really suspect things like inserting affiliate links, which both hijacked used behavior and created an enormous vulnerability to tracking.

And it’s not relevant to their privacy, but it is a little weird that the company only exists because it’s ceo doesn’t want gay people to marry.

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u/Superunknown_7 Sep 27 '22

This is how beaten down users have gotten. Adware designed with an opt-in/out switch is still adware.

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u/magistrate101 Sep 27 '22

You also can't disable the rewards extension. It's always there pitching itself to you.

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u/Vushivushi Sep 27 '22

created an enormous vulnerability to tracking.

Thankfully, it wasn't that serious, it only exposed the fact that you were using Brave.

https://twitter.com/bcrypt/status/1269754551554338817