Privacidade

Some information about the co-founder & CEO of Brave, Brandon Eich.

Controversial past and opinions:

• https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/brendan-eich-steps-down-as-mozilla-ceo/
• https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/3/5579516/outfoxed-how-protests-forced-mozillas-ceo-to-resign-in-11-days
• https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26868536
• https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/mozilla-boss-brendan-eich-quits-in-row-over-his-opposition-to-gay-marriage-9237701.html
• https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/02/controversial-mozilla-ceo-made-donations-right-wing-candidates-brendan-eich

Anti-vaxxer:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/22/business/brave-brendan-eich-covid-19.html
• @BrendanEich: "Fauci lies a lot." - Dec 11, 2020
• https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/khmbvl/do_you_feel_that_brendan_should_step_back_from/

Eich pushed an anti-vaxx conspiracy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1538253982845399040 - If you look at the "source" it's from a nutritionist who's also a conspiracy nut. There are no verifiable trusted sources.

Here are some controversies surrounding Brave and their browser over the past couple of years:

Privacy related:

• https://www.lifewire.com/brave-browser-falls-short-of-its-promises-of-privacy-5206799

Brave automatically redirected searches to affiliate version of URL's which Brave profited from:

• https://decrypt.co/31522/crypto-brave-browser-redirect
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-browser-brave-busted-for-autocompleting-urls-to-versions-it-profits-from/
• https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/8/21283769/brave-browser-affiliate-links-crypto-privacy-ceo-apology

Brave collected donations on content creators behalf without consent:

• https://bitcoinist.com/brave-browser-donations-not-optional/
• https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/5839/brave-browser-is-collecting-donations-on-your-behalf-did-you-know
• https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/

Brave leaked Tor/Onion service requests through DNS:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/lndfms/more_in_comments_brave_browser_leaks_your_tor/
• https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/13527
• https://www.ghacks.net/2021/02/25/latest-brave-browser-update-fixes-tor-onion-dns-leak/

Sending unsolicited marketing mail to users, though Brave claim its all anonymous:

• https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769
• https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/t4gzuw/update_on_braves_ongoing_direct_mail_marketing/

And this to some degree where they temporarily whitelisted certain Facebook and Twitter trackers without telling their users:

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19129309

One more on the unsolicited marketing mail issue from r/privacy. Might be the same data, but just in case:

https://nitter.net/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769