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Brave taking cryptocurrency donations “for me” without my consent

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323 points plusCubed | 2 comments | 21 Dec 18 17:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.521s | source
1. woah ◴[21 Dec 18 20:45 UTC] No.18736486[source]▶
Venmo has been doing this forever: https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/articles/217532047-I-paid-a-...
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2. ryanlol ◴[21 Dec 18 21:06 UTC] No.18736647[source]▶
Venmo lets you easily recover the money though, and probably automatically returns it after a while.

Paypal does the same, and automatically returns the money to the sender if it's not claimed for a while.