From article:
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.
While I’ve never used LibreWolf before (I use Waterfox), that probably does make a difference as the UK is UTC+0.
The UK is only UTC+0 for half the year, currently at UTC+1.
I switched to LibreWolf after I learned that Waterfox was/is ran by an advertisement company.
Today they should be independant again, however my trust in them is forever lost.
https://discuss.techlore.tech/t/waterfox-regains-independence-abandoning-the-advertising-company-system1/4594
I do not subscribe to guilt by association or being that concerned about privacy.