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Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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> Our browser VPN is completely free and unlimited, as well as being a no-log service. Our VPN servers do not log or retain any activity data.

Few days ago we were discussing how VPN is important but won't save the day if you don't know what you are doing.

When we have calls of "I won't log you", I always try to image how tha mine's bird will be set: and if have to log me under some subpoena, how will I know?

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

#8
post #6

Two questions : How different is this reskined chrome different than brave if I were to consider using it? Can we still rely on opera and trust them (after their Chinese acquisition)?

Are you saying that any Chinese company is untrustworthy? Because most of our world runs on Chinese technologies, eg. the ZTE hardware a technician has just installed at my home.

Edit: that is NOT an argument for its trustworthiness...

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

#9
Crypto's main issue is not the UX. It's the volatility and costs(i.e merchants pay less for the same crypto). Until these two issues are fixed it makes no sense to use crypto payments unless you are denied access to mainstream payment networks(visa/mastercard).

The VPN should be integrated at the OS level not browser level.

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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post #5

"Web 3 is an umbrella term for a set of emerging technologies intersecting cryptocurrencies, blockchains and distributed systems" wat?

Yeah, seems like marketing bullshit (1) to me, even if the functionalities themselves seem pretty good (in theory, haven't tested yet).

(1) The term might be stronger than needed; I meant something a lot closer to "click-baity" than "garbage".

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