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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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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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While I’ve never used LibreWolf before (I use Waterfox), that probably does make a difference as the UK is UTC+0.
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  The UK is only UTC+0 for half the year, currently at UTC+1.

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