@argo_yamato@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoBrave appears to install VPN Services without user consentwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1530cross-posted to: lealternative@feddit.ittechnology@beehaw.orgbravebrowser@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyprivacyguides
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minus-square@elscallr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoThey’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.
minus-square@shortly2139@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoDoesn’t Mozilla rely on Google for funding? Genuine question, as I though i read this else where on Lemmy
minus-square@elscallr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoThey might get some money from them but certainly not entirely. There’s an entire Mozilla Foundation.
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.
Doesn’t Mozilla rely on Google for funding? Genuine question, as I though i read this else where on Lemmy
They might get some money from them but certainly not entirely. There’s an entire Mozilla Foundation.