I truly believe that actions speak louder than words.īrave’s actions over the last few years have highlighted that they cannot be trusted. Promoting yourself as a security company whilst hijacking your user’s browser is some scam. “So when you are using the browser and type in “binanceus” you end up getting redirected to “binanceus/en?ref=35089877” Source: Cryptonator1337 Last week, YouTuber Seth Estrada brought it to my attention that they were hijacking websites and inserting their own affiliate links.īrave Browser Caught Forcing It’s Own Affiliate Links #privacy #privacytech /qTyXeTPMk6- MineYour.₿iz June 6, 2020īrave has been caught redirecting website addresses so that they can insert their own affiliate code. They Do Not Care About Privacy or Security

That’s theft.īrave is a privacy browser, but if you want to actually claim your tokens, you need to provide sensitive information such as your name and address.Ī company that truly cared about privacy would not request this. I do believe every internet user has the right to use ad-blocking scripts and services, however browsers have no right to replace the advertisements for websites. Would you be happy with a platform reducing your income by hundreds or thousands of dollars per month and then rewarding you with a few dollars in return? You then need to sign up and claim money in the form of a shitty cryptocurrency tokenīrave browser is decreasing revenue from website owners and then asking for them to claim it back in the form of a cryptocurrency token.They are replacing them with their own advertisements.They are removing advertisements from your website.They have the balls to tell the world that they are helping content creators, but let’s take a step back and think about what they are actually doing.

I fundamentally disagree with the whole premise of Brave’s reward system. Brave promote themselves as helping publishers. I advised them immediately that I did not agree with what they were doing, but they were polite throughout our correspondence, so I created an account to see how their rewards system actually worked. The marketing team from Brave approached me a year or so ago and asked me to check out their service. Brave promote themselves as one thing, but their actions speak volumes.

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