AphoticDev comments on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent

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[–] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 108 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just a reminder, one of the largest investors in Brave is a right-wing billionaire who runs a corporate espionage agency that contracts with the US Department of Defense to spy on people.

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[–] mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Source of the info?

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[–] Pfosten@feddit.de 54 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Well, it's about Peter Thiel, who also founded the Palantir surveillance technology company. As a source for his involvement with Brave, Wikipedia cites this TechCrunch article, which mentions funding from Thiel's "Founders Fund".

I'd rather criticize Brave for other reasons though, like being led by Brendan Eich or supporting crypto.

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[–] AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

That's the best reason, but somebody already mentioned it and I didn't want to be redundant.

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[–] IdealShrew@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

is it cool to hate crypto now? I thought the sort of people who use Lemmy would be all for the idea

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[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Crypto is a scammers paradise.

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[–] Fades@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Wow, I actually had no idea. I haven’t used Brave in awhile now but they’ve been making some strange decisions lately. This makes the picture a little clearer

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