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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC

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Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC

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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Windows Recall remains controversial a year after its announcement. Now, the Brave browser has taken new measures to "protect" users from the feature.
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    I’ve used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature

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      That you know of

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        That sounds like fear mongering, but ok.

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          Brave was found to inject crypto referral links into your clicks url auto complete.

          https://www.tomsguide.com/news/brave-affiliate-links-autocomplete

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      They kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.

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        The fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn’t opt in though…

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          Also, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.

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            Uh… no? It just puts sponsored backgrounds when you open new tabs or windows notifications if you opt-in

            It never replaced ads in websites afaik

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              https://ads.brave.com/

              They’re not actively replacing elements on a web page, but they’re still getting paid to show you ads and you can opt in for some crypto nonsense.

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          If you only use software that is created by people you like… well… i guess your only choice will be an abacus…

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            I don’t care if I like them. I very much care if I’m making money for people who are actively trying to take away my rights

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          The dev behind Brave isn’t part of Brave anymore.

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            That’s saying that he left Mozilla for that. He’s still CEO of Brave

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              Can’t believe this poor reading comprehension is getting upvoted.

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                What’s amazing is they proved themselves wrong in their own post, thinking they proved themselves right. It’s actually impressive.

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                  You don’t see it everyday that’s for sure.

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                    That’s pretty par for the course for Internet arguments in my experience. Then they get all huffy after you explain why their source doesn’t say what they claimed and try to complain that because you didn’t supply a source, they’re still right.

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            He left Mozilla (chased out because he’s a homophobe) and went on to found Brave, where he still remains

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            Did you even read the text you shared? It just says he left mozilla.

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