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GlassKingdom | 3 years ago

Yes, the Brave browser removes a website’s adverts, and injects its own ads into webpages using a man-in-the-middle attack. It’s sketchy, grubby behavior, and is the reason why websites are starting to block the Brave browser.

I notice the BAT cryptotoken has lost lots of value recently. Perhaps that’s why there is lots of desperate Brave spam recently.

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rglullis|3 years ago

> Yes, the Brave browser removes a website’s adverts, and injects its own ads into webpages using a man-in-the-middle attack

That is simple FUD. No ads are put into the webpages. The ads from Brave networks are displayed via the OS notification system, and they are opt-in.

You repeating this lie in multiple threads is not going to make it true, and spreading this kind of misinformation says more about you than those you are criticizing.

GlassKingdom|3 years ago

I request a webpage. Between the webserver and my screen, the page is injected with unrequested ads. The page has been hijacked by the browser itself. This is indefensible, full stop. It’s not 1998.

I am sorry to read that the value of BAT has fallen 80%. Sorry for the “greater idiots”; the vulnerable people who were persuaded to take part in the Brave/BAT scheme, and who have lost their life savings. And I have only contempt for those that exploited them.