• Bloxlord@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago
    • Download a browser with a built-in VPN
    • Get browser and VPN services on your computer

    Why is this news?

    • hiddengoat@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Because these idiots don't know how software works.

      They'd shit their pants if they paid attention to the services on their computer.

      • Engywuck@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Just imagine: using Windows and being concerned about privacy. Big lol.

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          Haha, you're so fucking hilarious. Maybe if you'd spend as much time being big brain comedy boy and masturbating over the next Debian point release you'd know how to lock down a Windows system.

          But you don't. Because you don't.

          • ackzsel@kbin.social
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            But you don't. Because you don't.

            Nobody does. Windows is closed source and its inner working is a trade secret. This means you cannot know how to lock down windows. Of course there are best practices based on info from microsoft or people who know a thing or two about info sec but it's all guess work and/or trusting the developer by its blue eyes.

            • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one
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              Thats something Ive never understood about closed source.

              The OS, in its entirety, is on your computer. Why are you not able to open it up and root around within it? Is it just encrypted to a degree it cant be cracked? Or is the legal ramifications of unraveling it just not worth unraveling it?

      • BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social
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        It's good users are now aware that Brave includes redundant features that you have to pay extra for to activate. Users browser will update everytime the browser or the VPN software needs an update.

        For example Firefox VPN from Mozilla is separate software. They don't force millions of users to download it even if they don't want it.

        This is yet another example why people should not be using Brave and should be skeptical of its intentions.

        • lloram239@feddit.de
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          They don’t force millions of users to download it even if they don’t want it.

          Mozilla has been forcing Pocket on Firefox users for years, as well as Mr Robot ads and numerous other things. They don't exact have the moral high ground here.

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              1 year ago

              Pocket is Mozilla's bookmark/sync pay-cloud-service. Comes with Firefox by default and can't be easily removed. From a company that claims to care about privacy I would expect a self-hosted local-first approach for such problems, not a cloud service.

              • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one
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                But its not active unless you turn it on right? Just preinstalled so if you decide to use it its already there?

                Cause that does sound like a little bloatware but if thats the only bloat they have and thats its only issue Im not sure Im bothered by it.