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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent

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Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent

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Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

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.

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

Nah I’m gonna pile on. Firefox is better.

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