On: Brave appears to install VPN Services without user...

[contact9879]

it's an issue opened by brave's vp noting that the current behaviour should be corrected

[dewey → contact9879]

That doesn't mean it was an accident, it could just mean that they realized it's a problem. Especially as this issue was opened after this HN submission got posted.

[belthesar → dewey]

Issue opened 3 hours ago, thread posted 2 hours ago. I look at Brave with skepticism as one should with a company that flirts with crypto, but in giving them a fair shake, it's important to keep the facts straight. That said, in keeping the facts straight, an issue opened a week ago citing this as a problem was closed in favor of the one opened by the Brave VP.

[MichaelZuo → belthesar]

> That said, in keeping the facts straight, an issue opened a week ago citing this as a problem was closed in favor of the one opened by the Brave VP.

That seems somewhat shady, unless there was a credible explanation?

[jukiewalsh → MichaelZuo]

It’s a publicly viewable GitHub issue that people can still navigate to or comment on, it’s not like it was scrubbed. It’s surely a PR move to show they’re on top of it but not anything to read into in my opinion.

[MichaelZuo → jukiewalsh]

'Show they're on top of it' by closing their own employee's report from a week ago without explanation?

If anything, by leaving it open that would have advertised how attentive their employees are.

[gtvwill → dewey]

They realized they were gonna get bad looks for it so they covered that shiz up as if it were a mistake. Marketing damage control.