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Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've tried it today and yeah, 1-to-1 calls magically/unsurprisingly start working. In fact, the whole UI gets a facelift and lots of new features.

If I had to guess, I'd say Microsoft keeps around a version of their UI, which hasn't been maintained in over a year, and serves that to anyone initiating communication with a user-agent string they don't like.

If that's true, that's a massive security vulnerability. Admittedly, also unsurprising for Microsoft. @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's egregious on so many levels!
This kind of browser apartheid should be illegal

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks a lot for this...time to get an extension.