Lee Duna to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 8 months agoBrave appears to install VPN Services without user consentwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1314arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1314arrow-down1external-linkBrave appears to install VPN Services without user consentwww.ghacks.netLee Duna to Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square31fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareDarkenLM@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 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-up1·8 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.
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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