Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 11 months agoBrave appears to install VPN Services without user consentwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down14cross-posted to: lealternative@feddit.ittechnology@beehaw.orgbravebrowser@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareDarkenLM@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThe point I’m making is that it’s not like Brave installed the VPN in secret, hidden away to it’s own devices. The code is there and a service is installed, sure, but it’s dormant until the user activates it.
minus-squareDarkenLM@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI guess they place it in the installer to make it easier to update? Note, I never used Brave in my life, so I don’t really know how it works.
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The point I’m making is that it’s not like Brave installed the VPN in secret, hidden away to it’s own devices. The code is there and a service is installed, sure, but it’s dormant until the user activates it.
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I guess they place it in the installer to make it easier to update? Note, I never used Brave in my life, so I don’t really know how it works.
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