Am I weird for wanting to keep my phone as clean as possible? I don't have any social media stuff on my phone, only the messaging apps I use to communicate with people I've met face to face before, my antivirus, my VPN, an adblocking DNS and brave browser

[–] vala@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Brave is so sketchy

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yes, and adblockers are "harmful and dangerous"

[–] vala@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Wat.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Brave is owned by peter thiel. Of 'palantir' and 'blood boy' fame.

Reinstall and choose an open browser.

[–] scintilla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I knew brave had issues but I never realised fucking thiel owned it. I've never been more glad to not use a product.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Basically anything tgat isn't explicitly foss or doesnt explicitly challenge power should get a real close eye on it before you touch.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just used google's API through mullvad Leta, I wasn't able to find any information to verify the claim you made

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Cursory search didnt find, but then it wouldn't.

Maybe its owned by one of the good pro privacy vc's and i just misremembered.

Edit:

Wait. No. https://www.clay.com/dossier/brave-funding

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Not weird at all!

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Why would you have an anti virus if you never install apps?