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		spoiler on March 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What does "Copy clean link" mean? They included Brave's affiliate ID, not the users. I think. So, it didn't reveal anything "new' (for fingerprinting) or anything that can identify the user.

hackernewds on March 9, 2023 [–]

Seems like they wanted to hold the data for themselves and backtracked because " Sorry we got caught"

joshuaissac on March 9, 2023 | [–]

> Seems like they wanted to hold the data for themselves

Hold what data? The affiliate ID?

soundnote on March 16, 2023 | | [–]

Brave could know the user... used Brave?

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