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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC

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Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

When you download Brave for Windows, you are also downloading the company's VPN service, for better or worse.

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Yes they did install services.

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/10/18/brave-is-installing-vpn-services-without-user-consent/

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