FarLine99@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-211 months agoDo you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?upload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square378fedilinkarrow-up1334arrow-down137
arrow-up1297arrow-down1imageDo you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?upload.wikimedia.orgFarLine99@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square378fedilink
minus-squareamanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down5·11 months agoTrust is a sliding scale. The majority of Braves code (at least for their browser) is open source, this means you should at least trust them more than companies whos products are wholly proprietary.
minus-squaresteakmeout@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down5·11 months agoCode is either open source or it’s not. Brave is not fully open source which means you have no proper way of vetting its operation.
minus-squareamanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoFrom everything I’ve read, it is fully open source. What parts of the browser are not open source?
Trust is a sliding scale. The majority of Braves code (at least for their browser) is open source, this means you should at least trust them more than companies whos products are wholly proprietary.
Code is either open source or it’s not. Brave is not fully open source which means you have no proper way of vetting its operation.
From everything I’ve read, it is fully open source. What parts of the browser are not open source?