Would You Pay $60 For A Browser? (ft. Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons)

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Brave's new paid browser and police tracking of phone locations.

This week we are joined by Carey Parker from Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons, Brave has announced a paid $60 version of Brave with bloatware and features stripped out, in the US - Nevada police are tracking phones locations without a warrant, and mor...

People in this episode

Guest: Carey Parker

Topics covered

• browser technology
• privacy
• law enforcement
• paid software
• digital rights

Keywords

• Brave browser
• Carey Parker
• privacy
• Nevada police
• digital rights
• software pricing
• bloatware

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons

Products: Brave

Places: Nevada

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