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Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
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[–] NeonWoofGenesis@l.henlo.fi 1 points 2 years ago

They used to change the url which the user typed into the address bar to include a referral code. The article mentions going to binance.us, the browser appended a referral link to the url.

That's scummy as fuck.