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  "tags": [
    "Cambridge Analytica – 12 Jan 26",
    "The Privacy Illusion: How Brave Browser Built Its Own Surveillance Machine -...",
    "CyberInsider – 16 Feb 26",
    "Brave CEO denies user tracking allegations, calls claims “fake news”"
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  "textContent": "Cambridge Analytica – 12 Jan 26\n\n### The Privacy Illusion: How Brave Browser Built Its Own Surveillance Machine -...\n\nBrendan Eich's 2015 promise was seductive in its simplicity: a browser that blocks trackers, ads, and the entire apparatus of surveillance capitalism.\n\nEst. reading time: 12 minutes\n\nA report by Cambridge Analytica accusing Brave of building, through its Brave Ads platform, what it describes as a sophisticated behavioral profiling system.\n\nCyberInsider – 16 Feb 26\n\n### Brave CEO denies user tracking allegations, calls claims “fake news”\n\nBrave CEO Brendan Eich has dismissed allegations that the privacy-focused browser secretly tracks users, calling the claims “fake news.”\n\nEst. reading time: 3 minutes\n\n> For users, the practical distinction is that Brave Rewards and Brave Ads are disabled by default. Those who prefer a tracker-blocking browser without advertising components can use Brave with Rewards turned off, in which case no ad-related data processing occurs. Users can also review Brave’s privacy documentation and open-source codebase to assess how the system functions.",
  "title": "The Privacy Illusion: How Brave Browser Built Its Own Surveillance Machine"
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