Brave browser installs a VPN service on Windows whether you want it or not
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It pays to be vigilant, even with privacy-focused software.
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    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Brave’s privacy-centric browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers’ computers without their consent.

    The Firewall + VPN service is an extra paid subscription and would remain dormant unless the user subscribed to it.

    The behavior is limited to the Windows version of Brave, and a post on GitHub from the company’s VP of engineering details the current behavior and a plan to change it.

    The GitHub post states that the ideal new behavior would be to download the services after someone has engaged with and paid for them, which, yes, it would be.

    It’s possible to remove them manually, but until Brave changes the installation behavior, an update would probably reinstate them.

    One option — also detailed on GitHub — is to uninstall Brave and reinstall it without admin rights so that the program can’t install additional services.

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