Debian Install Not Working From Official Docs

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I cannot install Brave on the latest Debian:

Try to install Brave on Debian using the commands from the documentation and you will fail.

I am following the exact documentation on the Brave homepage that is under Debian version 9+ for Linux…

  1. When I enter the command
    curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add -
    I get the following error
    gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.

  2. When I attempt to enter in the command
    sudo apt update
    I get the following error…

     > GPG error: https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A8580BDC82D3DC6C

    E: The repository 'https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com stable InRelease' is not signed.
    N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
    N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
    E: The repository 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/brave-apt buster Release' does not have a Release file.
    N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
    N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
  1. If I continue and enter the command
    sudo apt install brave-browser

I get the following error

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package brave-browser

Brave should be able to verify the keys and be able to install using the apt-get command

Try to install the latest version on Debian Linux using the commands off the Brave Linux page and you will fail.

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Are you able to open https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc in another web browser? It should trigger a download.

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If you execute ONLY this command, do you see the output similar to my output.
(I truncated a lot of the center of the text for brevity)

calder@ren:~> curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

mQINBFvFEDIBEADwix8cI/QMI36OjLMpL
/2xX4D4JYHZdqwja8xRRoQ7lnw2w+zv
GnyksvyL6ycEWVw06awzUq+q2/YYNMp

++++++ snipped a bunch of text from the middle

+5R58DMWdFh5AXM5cNPtNsW
ylhETyP34n4FcolI5G8+2E+TJJguD
=F6zi
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
calder@ren:~>
.
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If you see a large chunk of text written to your console, with the BEGIN and END PGP text, you might have a permissions issue with the write of that data.
(the "sudo apt-key … command)

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