How to Disable Brave Browser Automatically Adding Affiliate Codes in URLs
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Brave is one of the browsers that have always insisted for uncompromised user privacy, but a recent discovery has made many once again consider the switch to an alternative app.
And it’s all caused by an affiliate code that’s being added to the URL when users manually type specific websites in the address bar.
More specifically, when someone launches Brave browser on desktop and mobile and starts typing certain site addresses, the application auto-completes the entry by adding an affiliate code.
The sites in question include Binance (which Brave has recently signed a partnership with), Ledger, Trezor, and Coinbase.
So technically, if you try to type the following URL in the address bar:
[TERMINAL]binance.us[/TERMINAL]
The browser ends up su... (read more)
#Linux
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How to Disable Brave Browser Automatically Adding Affiliate Codes in URLs
Author: Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa, Microsoft News Editor)
Brave is one of the browsers that have always insisted for uncompromised user privacy, but a recent discovery has made many once again consider the switch to an alternative app.
And it’s all caused by an affiliate code that’s being added to the URL when users manually type specific websites in the address bar.
More specifically, when someone launches Brave browser on desktop and mobile and starts typing certain site addresses, the application auto-completes the entry by adding an affiliate code.
The sites in question include Binance (which Brave has recently signed a partnership with), Ledger, Trezor, and Coinbase.
So technically, if you try to type the following URL in the address bar:
[TERMINAL]binance.us[/TERMINAL]
The browser ends up su... (read more)
#Linux
Оригинальная версия на сайте:
