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Brave taking cryptocurrency donations “for me” without my consent

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davidgerard ◴[21 Dec 18 19:23 UTC] No.18735792[source]▶
Brendan Eich answers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich/status/1076187316748615680

basically he plans to keep it working the way it works now, "opt out" and all - he's confident this is a completely legal way to work

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1. AnabeeKnox ◴[21 Dec 18 19:44 UTC] No.18735953[source]▶
I think this "growth hacking" will spectacularly backfire and destroy the company. It's 2018, this stuff doesn't fly anymore. And as the tweeter pointed out, it's breaks the GDPR in Europe. Disaster.