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However, other Twitter users challenged the idea that Brave had simply made a mistake. "We are a Binance affiliate, we refer users via the opt-in trading widget on the new tab page, but autocomplete should not add any code." "We made a mistake, we're correcting: Brave default autocompletes verbatim ' ' in address bar to add an affiliate code," wrote Eich.

The redirect was discovered by Yannick Eckl who revealed on Twitter over the weekend that typing in binanceus or binancecom in Brave redirects the user to the affiliate link 'binanceus/en?ref=35089877', which earns Brave money. It was doing this without gaining the consent of Brave users. SEE: Cybersecurity: Let's get tactical (free PDF)īut, as reported by cryptocurrency news site Decrypt, Brave was caught redirecting the typed URL for Binance, a popular crypto exchange, to a different version of the site's URL that Brave earned revenue from. It now has 15 million users who have chosen it for its privacy promises. Users can also tip websites they regularly visit in BAT credits based on the idea that website visitors want to pay sites based on user attention to content instead of ads served. Samsung's smartphone 'Repair Mode' stops technicians from viewing your photos Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.How to delete yourself from internet search results and hide your identity online The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. Microsoft and the Window logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of, Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. Android, Google Chrome, Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google, LLC. Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. NortonLifeLock, the NortonLifeLock Logo, the Checkmark Logo, Norton, LifeLock, and the LockMan Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NortonLifeLock Inc.