Interview: Brendan Eich interviewed by Street Fight magazine: “Privacy-by-Default Future for Digital Advertising”

In light of last week’s enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act and our monthly theme, Pursuing Privacy, Street Fight posed questions on surveillance capitalism, privacy, Big Tech, and the future of digital advertising to Brendan Eich, CEO of Brave, one of the leading companies championing privacy-first solutions in the tech industry.

News: Brave for iOS selected in the App Store’s “Apps We Love” and “Apps We Love Right Now”!

If you don’t have Brave installed on all of your Apple devices yet, what are you waiting for?

Thrilled to see Brave for iOS selected in the @AppStore's “Apps We Love” and “Apps We Love Right Now”! If you have not yet, give it a spin on your iPhone or iPad. https://t.co/HgnhNUzWqD pic.twitter.com/XvfesKIhiG — Brave Software (@brave) January 10, 2020

Interview: ‎Brendan Eich on No Sharding — The Solana Podcast!

No Sharding is the podcast from Solana, a lightning-fast blockchain for mission-critical decentralized apps. This podcast is a discussion between our industry leaders in both blockchain and technology, our team, and community developers.

In his interview, Brendan talks briefly about his background (Javascript creator & Mozilla co-founder) and then jumps right into how Brave gives you back the power with unmatched speed, security, and privacy. This episode is a must-listen.



Listen here: https://podcast.solana.com/episodes/brendan-eich-co-founder-ceo-brave-software-and-attention-token-co-founder-mozilla-firefox-created-javascript-mzriicRE

Community: BAT for Bushfires: support for Australia

A community known by the username /u/holduntil2020 on Reddit will be donating any and all BAT tipped to their Twitch channel (www.twitch.tv/tobzlerone) to The Intrepid Foundation, an Australian-based organization, to support those affected by the ongoing bushfires in Australia.

A message from the official Brave Team: “We love what everyone is doing here for this important cause.



The BAT Community we’ve built together is amazing, and we want to keep that going. So, as of today, we at Brave will be matching all charitable BAT donations, up to 1 million BAT, toward this effort.



Thanks everyone for coming together to spread the good. This is what BAT and Brave are all about.”

Fan-made: Introducing BAT Watch

BAT Watch is a new, fan-made searchable Brave creator directory.



Check it out here: https://www.bat.watch/

Fan-made: How To Transfer BAT From Uphold Wallet To Coinbase (step by step guide)

Great tutorial for anyone that has found transferring BAT from the Uphold wallet a little tricky. Complete with screenshot instructions!



Check it out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/elrbxa/how_to_transfer_bat_from_uphold_wallet_to/

Client Updates

Dev Channel v1.4.56

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.4.56

Beta Channel v1.3.88

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v1.3.88

Brave Team Tweets

I just sent you a 100BAT tip. — BrendanEich (@BrendanEich) January 9, 2020 Brendan sends 100 BAT to the creator of BAT.watch. (User-specified tips are available in Nightly!)

Be sure to check out about:flags from time to time. Features that aren't quite ready for the main stage are often available here. For example, about:flags#extensions-toolbar-menu will create a nice dropdown menu for all of your extension icons. Reset to 'Default' when reverting. pic.twitter.com/gqOuXxLY96 — Sampson (@BraveSampson) January 5, 2020 Feeling bold? Check about:flags for fun!

This ad agent picks best offer from a catalog all rewards users in a large region download, so no tracking or remote targeting — no server side data profiling at all. Ad views anonymously but authentically counted using a blind signature protocol (PrivacyPass). I hope this helps. — BrendanEich (@BrendanEich) January 3, 2020 Wondering how our local ads work?

Will is awesome. That's all. Take a look at what he's cooking up. https://t.co/Z5mheBvp84 — Luke Mulks | lukemulks.eth (@lukemulks) January 3, 2020 Have you seen the work from Will? You probably have… he’s been responsible for some Brave backgrounds.

This video does a wonderful job of laying out the problems Brave aims to fix, and how we're going about doing it. Excellent if you'd like to master a 2-minute pitch for family, friends, and co-workers 🙂 pic.twitter.com/drfYIf7taN — Sampson (@BraveSampson) January 7, 2020 What Brave is solving in two minutes

Fwiw, the volume of opt-in ad delivery has increased significantly month over month, so the "no one really wants these ads" assumption runs counter to what the data and market are both signaling. — Luke Mulks | lukemulks.eth (@lukemulks) January 5, 2020 Counter to what some people may think, more people are opting into ads.

The recent Cambridge Analytica/SCL leak by @HindsightFiles contains something interesting. An email to a potential client shows the kind of data they had gathered about people. (In Nix to Muir email of 3 Sept 2015). pic.twitter.com/lqd4J74bcO — Johnny Ryan (@johnnyryan) January 6, 2020 Johnny is diggin up some finds from @HindsighFiles. What type of information have companies put together about people? Pretty spooky stuff…

Not yet. Coming soon though! — Sampson (@BraveSampson) January 7, 2020 Wallet sync is coming soon!

BAT/Brave in the News

Brave’s bonanza year, and why 2020 promises to be better still

Its name couldn’t be more fitting; Brave is the little software company that could. Not only is it taking on tech titans like Google with its privacy-focused browser; it’s aiming to upend the advertising model that underpins the Internet, with a revolutionary loyalty rewards program that pays users in tokens for watching ads.



Read the full text here: https://decrypt.co/15749/braves-bonanza-year-and-why-2020-promises-to-be-better-still

News You Should Know

Amazon’s Ring Fired Staff for Trying to Access Customer Data

Amazon.com Inc. said its Ring subsidiary fired at least four employees for improperly seeking access to customer data over the last four years, the latest privacy headache for the video doorbell maker it acquired in 2018.



Read the full text here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-08/amazon-s-ring-has-fired-four-for-trying-to-access-customer-data

Roaring Fans

I have made the switch completely to @brave #bravebrowser "Experience unparalleled privacy and security" https://t.co/S5GMpqV9jV including my smartphone and other devices. — William K.⚡Santiago 🔑 (@WilliamSantiago) January 5, 2020

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