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Brave Privacy Browser 'Mistake' Added Affiliate Links to Crypto URLs

posted by martyb on Tuesday June 09 2020, @12:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-did-THAT-get-in-there? dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Brave privacy browser 'mistake' added affiliate links to crypto URLs:

Brave, the open-source Chromium-based browser that promises elevated privacy, has been called out by users for potentially putting revenue over user trust. The company has been redirecting certain crypto company URLs typed in search bars to affiliate links and presumably taking a commission, Decrypt has reported. For instance, he typed in "binance.us" and the company replaced the term with "binance.us/en?ref=35089877," according to Twitter user Cryptonator.

[...] Some Brave users on Twitter (many from the crypto community) weren't mollified, but Eich offered a mea culpa. "Sorry for this mistake — we are clearly not perfect, but we correct course quickly. We will never revise typed in domains again, I promise."

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by petecox on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:38AM

    by petecox (3228) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:38AM (#1005108)

    The novelty in choosing Brave is its crypto-tokens. Opt-in to their 'approved' ads and you'll get some rewards. But it's chicken and egg; few websites I visit actually seemed to be donate aware so your tokens are worth not much.

    But it's yet another Chrome clone and I'm Stockholmed enough to still prefer Firefox.

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