Sure, all requests are now sent to one location, including (!!) extension (Tor, https everywhere, etc) downloads used by brave. What about the possibility of the brave folks modifying those extensions to suit their needs? If I am needing to trust Tor, I'm going to download Tor from the appropriate location, not from brave. Based on the language he used reviewing other browsers, I suspect if that behavior was seen on anything other than brave the prognosis would be different.
Sure, all requests are now sent to one location, including (!!) extension (Tor, https everywhere, etc) downloads used by brave. What about the possibility of the brave folks modifying those extensions to suit their needs? If I am needing to trust Tor, I'm going to download Tor from the appropriate location, not from brave. Based on the language he used reviewing other browsers, I suspect if that behavior was seen on anything other than brave the prognosis would be different.