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Brave browser adds email aliases to help users evade tracking

BleepingComputer · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

The latest version of the Brave browser, 1.94, introduces a feature called 'Email Aliases' that allows users to generate disposable email addresses when signing up to a new service. [...]

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