Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent - eviltoast
  • IdealShrew@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    when did people start hating on Brave? last I heard it was the best browser for privacy.

    • elscallr@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They’re Chromium based, which erodes any possible claim they could make to privacy.

      Use Firefox instead. You can lock it down further than you can Brave and they don’t rely on Google.

      • shortly2139@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Doesn’t Mozilla rely on Google for funding? Genuine question, as I though i read this else where on Lemmy

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          1 year ago

          They might get some money from them but certainly not entirely. There’s an entire Mozilla Foundation.

    • uranibaba@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I never used Brave, but I believe it was sometime after they started their ad-currency-whatever-thingy (I could of course be wrong).