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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

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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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You’re the one who made it shitty. But much to crap on the bed then get up and leave.

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