▲ 465 ▼ Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent (www.ghacks.net) submitted 2 years ago by argo_yamato@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 96 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mitrosus@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Source of the info? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Crypto is a scammers paradise. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Crypto is a scammers paradise. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Crypto is a scammers paradise. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Crypto is a scammers paradise. permalink fedilink source parent