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Saw this in my adguard home query logs.

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[-] dangrousperson@feddit.org 58 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

From Wiki:

Brave Software was founded in 2015 by Brendan Eich, creator of JavaScript and former Mozilla CEO who left the organization after coming under fire for his support of eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry [...]

and

In August 2016, the company had received at least US$7 million in angel investments from venture capital firms, including Peter Thiel's Founders Fund [...]

Should tell you everything you need to know.

I'd say being 'privacy focused' is just a stick to get non-tech savy/gullible people that want to protect their privacy to use it, without thinking about it twice. Personally, I believe there is 0% chance they don't sell (or simply give) all data they can to Peter Thiel and Palantir.

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

....also to Facebook, also one of the investors. Brave has good privacy protections, but they are selective.

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