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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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hackcasual ◴[21 Dec 18 19:42 UTC] No.18735934[source]▶
> I realize some don’t like it, agree we should respect their wishes. But the ability to paypal or western union or otherwise send to people without their consent exists and is not illegal or unethical. Nominative fair use of public data also legal.

There's a huge difference between sending someone money without their prior permission and creating a system to solicit money to send to someone without their prior permission.

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1. rchaud ◴[21 Dec 18 21:49 UTC] No.18736986[source]▶
What kind of inane rationale is that? Western Union asks the sender to provide detailed address and contact information, and has technology available to send a text to the recipient letting them know that they can pick up their money at a WU location.

Since Tom Scott didn't sign up, how would Brave know to contact him? Some default webmaster@example.com email that may or may not even be registered?