Why you shouldn't use Brave Browserdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.world – 1633 points – 11 months agospacebar.news817Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentHow exactly does one accidentally insert affiliate data on links? At some point someone wrote that code, which is malicious in itself, even if the activation was accidental.It's also strange that it happened twice, first with amazon links, then they started injecting affiliate data for crypto platforms instead.It’s possible they had ads with referrals but accidentally modified all amazon links
How exactly does one accidentally insert affiliate data on links? At some point someone wrote that code, which is malicious in itself, even if the activation was accidental.It's also strange that it happened twice, first with amazon links, then they started injecting affiliate data for crypto platforms instead.It’s possible they had ads with referrals but accidentally modified all amazon links
It's also strange that it happened twice, first with amazon links, then they started injecting affiliate data for crypto platforms instead.
How exactly does one accidentally insert affiliate data on links? At some point someone wrote that code, which is malicious in itself, even if the activation was accidental.
It's also strange that it happened twice, first with amazon links, then they started injecting affiliate data for crypto platforms instead.
It’s possible they had ads with referrals but accidentally modified all amazon links