Mozilla just ditched its privacy partner because its CEO is tied to data brokers
theverge.com
- Mozilla ends partnership with Onerep due to CEO's ties to data broker
- Onerep's data removal service bundled into Mozilla's Monitor Plus subscription
- Onerep CEO admits to owning people-search websites, leading to end of partnership with Mozilla. Transition plan in progress.
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Hmm... I started trying out Brave last week. I was a little annoyed how Brave found and blocked a couple of google trackers on some of my old sites. What draw backs does Brave have compared to Firefox going forwards after Onerep?
Brave has built-in telemetry, that pings their servers every day, by default it comes with a whole bunch of blockchain/NFT bullshit, it installs VPN services on your computer without your consent, they used to insert their affiliate links into URLs of shopping websites and there are many more controversies around Brave.
And to add to all this, the company that maintains Brave is run by a well known anti-lgbtq bigot.
Yup.
Donated money for a campaign for stripping gay people of their right to marry.
Backed a politician who said that AIDS is good because it cleanses the world of gay people.
And when questioned about his views in an interview, no joke, his position was that by criticising him on his position surrounding LGBT rights, you are being intolerant of others.
Oh yeah I forgot about their CEO, he's an asshole
It's Chromium underneath, so using it increases Google's control over web standards