Lee Duna to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish • 1 year agoBrave appears to install VPN Services without user consentwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyprivacyguides@lemmy.one
arrow-up1289arrow-down1external-linkBrave appears to install VPN Services without user consentwww.ghacks.netLee Duna to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldmicrosoft@lemdro.idprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyprivacyguides@lemmy.one
minus-squareDarkenLMlinkfedilink1•1 year 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-squareDarkenLMlinkfedilink0•1 year 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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