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Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 8 months ago by sculd@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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If you have the Brave Browser installed on your Windows devices, then you may also have Brave VPN services installed on the machine. Brave installs these services without user consent on Windows devices.

More reason to ditch the crypto bro browser.

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[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

https://old.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/17b0pxl/brave_appears_to_install_vpn_services_without/k5kwd97/

https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/33726

And crypto are disabled by default.

No, I wont' ditch it. It's the best browser out there, right now, since scummy/corrupt/hypocrite Mozilla (which, remember, is in bed with Google, Amazon and Facebook while criticizing them) decided that Firefox is just a side project for them and they're deceiving people making them believe that donations fund FF development.

Don't even bother to reply. I'm not going to fuel this shitty thread any further.

[-] Norgur@kbin.social 73 points 8 months ago

No one told you to ditch it. But can you fanboii a little less aggressively, please?

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 60 points 8 months ago

Have you ever interacted with a Brave user? No, they can't.

[-] interolivary@beehaw.org 32 points 8 months ago

I swear they all have some sort of brain slug that makes them cultish and just generally unlikeable

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 31 points 8 months ago

If you look at what a raging tool the CEO is and the implications of the browser's association with crypto (no matter how optional), I think that Brave just attracts that type of person