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paulryanrogers • yesterday at 9:22 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Wasn't Brave browser caught replacing ads with its own? And the Honey extension replacing / injecting referral codes?


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whstl • yesterday at 9:27 PM

> And the Honey extension replacing / injecting referral codes?

Fraud in larger scale and using other people's computers.

Was it ever prosecuted with the same vigour?

It's a corporation so I'm gonna bet no.

loeg • yesterday at 11:20 PM

I can't speak to the Brave thing, but the Honey thing is another example of fraud, yes.