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I got this in the mail from... @brave? Nothing says you care about privacy like sending unsolicited marketing spam. Never given them any personal details in my life.

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"You should own your data." Like my address.

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@sebmck @brave Brave doesn't have any of your data; these mailings were done in such a way that you remain anonymous to us, and no data is exchanged. More details: https://www.reddit.com/r/brave...

@BraveSampson @brave I don’t see how that matters at all. Brave is still supporting a predatory industry built on personal data built without consent.

@sebmck @brave "I get mail" .01/10 on the #humblebrag scale

@sebmck @brave I recognize that address. That's Valassis. If anyone has data on you, it's Valassis.

@sebmck @brave This could be someone impersonating @brave? 🤷‍♂️ After all why would a browser company send you mail?

@sebmck @brave Not sure what their marketing team was thinking when coming up with this idea. Regardless of owning that data or not, I can’t imagine they didn’t consider the huge negative brand associations.

@sebmck @JACKAL_DAO @brave @brave sucks, that’s why I’m sticking to @DecentrNet Check it out, real privacy is the priority

@sebmck @GeoffreyHuntley @brave oy, Brave taking their cue from DuckDuckTrack, which is also search competitor of ours, & where their digital ads creep on browser & suggest matching extension store

@sebmck @brave @BrendanEich @lukemulks any comments on this campaign?

@sebmck @brave I received one a few days ago. Thought the exact same thing!

@sebmck @brave Brave is honestly such a disappointment these days. All many of us wanted was Chrome with privacy strictness instead of the bad off-putting parts. And instead they do aggressive marketing and a bunch of crypto shenanigans. Disconcerting.

@sebmck @brave Wait what

@sebmck @brave of course the cryptobro chromium browser that is like totally privacy centric pulls sht like this

@sebmck @brave This isn't cool @brave

@sebmck @brave I wouldn't trust a company with a user hostile CEO like Brave's either.

@sebmck @brave Of course scanning a random qr code received in the mail is always a good idea for the security and privacy conscious. /s

@sebmck @HTeuMeuLeu @brave Please, @vivaldibrowser, never _ever_ do that.

@sebmck @yaygya @brave Damn that be creepy af Uninstalling it right now

@sebmck @brave Lol that's why I switched to their competitor @decentrnet check them out.

@sebmck @brave They should have said something like "You should own your data, we got your address off of Google - that shouldn't be a thing". @brave I'm available as a marketing consultant

@sebmck @brave For a company touting about privacy, this is a brave move 😆

@sebmck @brave They don't have your details - it says "or current resident." It's a mass mailer. Is this the first time you've ever gotten a mass mailer?

@sebmck @brave Brave is still best browser out there, but ye this kinda sucks.

@sebmck @brave I've been wondering why people not just use ungoogled-chromium if they care about privacy 🤔 https://ungoogled-software.git...

@sebmck @brave ... Receiving mail at your public address invades your privacy? Please explain

@sebmck @brave Firefox ftw!

@sebmck @brave But... we use @vivaldibrowser for a long time already, don't we? 😉

@sebmck @GeoffreyHuntley @brave How does direct mail affect your privacy?

@sebmck @brave "we value your privacy". Your privacy data is their value

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