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Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 1 year ago by GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

Brave Firewall + VPN is an extra service that Brave users may subscribe to for a monthly fee. Launched in mid-2022, it is a cooperation between Brave Software, maker of Brave Browser, and Guardian, the company that operates the VPN and the firewall solution. The firewall and VPN solution is available for $9.99 per month.

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[–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A VPN provider has the same level of insight into your traffic as an ISP does when not using a VPN. If having one installed without your consent isn't a privacy issue I don't know what is...

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it activated by default though?

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just looked on a VM I spun up for risky shit. It seems to be opt-in only.

Is it a good VPN? No. Is it worth the overreacting that Lemmy seems to do every time someone mentions Brave? No.

But hey, social media.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Apparently we need a anti brave circle jerk

[–] Muehe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Unclear to me, according to the OP the service is set to manual start. But there is an event trigger attached to the service and the article doesn't mention what that event is.