I use a xiaomi phone and the reason I use it is because it is significantly cheaper compared to a samsung or apple phone. Example: A $200 xiaomi phone is equivalent in specs to a $600 Samsung.
Also it is likely the Chinese are spying on me indirectly (data collection where the chinses military can access the data if they want to) but I really have nothing significant on me that the Chinese would want to be concerned with me.
Honestly, when Brave makes the kind of claims that they do, an oversight like this is inexcusable. Privacy should mean privacy, even if that means losing functionality on a select few sites.
* P3A doesn’t collect any personal information.
* You can turn P3A off at any time in the “Privacy and Security” section of the browser preferences.
* All the P3A code will be open source (...) you can check that your browser is only sharing the specific things we promise.
> Honestly, when Brave makes the kind of claims that they do, an oversight like this is inexcusable.
The claim was never about absolute privacy but rather as strong as default as possible while keeping the web functional. And in that department they are delivering more than any alternative - more than even Firefox out of the box. Not to mention that TFA itself states that the implementation was far from ideal.
Anyway, the biggest question I have for those that are so quick to criticize Brave is "what else do we have with a business model that can disrupt Surveillance Capitalism?". Apple could if they wanted, but where is Safari for Windows/Linux? Any of the others? Doubtful. Even Mozilla's dependency on ad revenue from Google makes them less credible. So why shit on Brave when there is absolutely zero potential alternatives?
> A $200 xiaomi phone is equivalent in specs to a $600 Samsung.
Xiaomi phones have much higher audio latency than Samsung phones.[1] As a VoIP user, I would rather use an entry level Samsung phone (e.g., a $150 A02s) than a Xiaomi flagship.
Also it is likely the Chinese are spying on me indirectly (data collection where the chinses military can access the data if they want to) but I really have nothing significant on me that the Chinese would want to be concerned with me.