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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Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent - gHacks Tech News

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Brave Software appears to be installing VPN services on Windows devices without user consent during Brave Browser updates.

From article:

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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