Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC
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That sounds like fear mongering, but ok.
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I used some stuff to block my location and windows recall BECAUSE FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
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This still doesn't make brave a good privacy browser in the long run
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Well, you certainly need to be in a specific state of mind for this to make any sense...
Yep, and you also have to be in a specific state of mind to be okay with "features" like something that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC.
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And yet they all have a package manager of some kind to install packages from. It doesn’t have to be Flatpak specifically
No, but all of them have different repos out of the box, which will lead to confusion when consumers can't find the one they need.
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Yep, and you also have to be in a specific state of mind to be okay with "features" like something that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC.
Then don't enable it.
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What are you talking about now?
I believe they are talking about Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use
An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds
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Honestly it largely is.
I mean, by definition, it isn't.
It's anonymous and not malicious in nature. It's a diagnostic and engagement measuring tool.
not malicious in nature
Haha, sure thing William
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It's probably the best chromium browser out there
Firefox has done shit too
sadly we don't have a lot of choice, but they're one of the least worse
wrote last edited by [email protected]sure there are choices. I don't use either. if you believe there are only 2 choices out there...man you have no idea.
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I used some stuff to block my location and windows recall BECAUSE FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
You can’t block all of Windows spyware. The best case of action would be to install an alternative operating system like Linux or a BSD-derivative. It’s counter-intuitive to “fuck Microsoft” when you are still using their OS.
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I used some stuff to block my location and windows recall BECAUSE FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
there are 100% fed backdoors for looking in your pc in Windows
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You can’t block all of Windows spyware. The best case of action would be to install an alternative operating system like Linux or a BSD-derivative. It’s counter-intuitive to “fuck Microsoft” when you are still using their OS.
I wonder why the fuck is am taking so long to do it...
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The fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn't opt in though...
Peter Thiel was also a major, early investor in the project.
That's another 'this one thing should let you know this is radioactive.'
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So you're saying you haven't bothered to read about Recall at all, you just assumed it's going to be enabled by default?
Look at this bootlicker ignoring history and saying trust Microsoft.
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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
People act like these fuckers dont influence anything, like they exist in some bubble away from reality. It matters what you use. What you use empowers the creator.
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Look at this bootlicker ignoring history and saying trust Microsoft.
"Look at this fossil thinking it's still 1990", I guess?
Mate, did you miss how 30 years have passed? How the world change? Can you even begin to imagine the fine the EU would slap without a second thought on MS if they tried pulling something like suddenly grabbing these screenshots from users' devices?
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not malicious in nature
Haha, sure thing William
Are you a tech-illiterate person?
If not, explain how is it malicious.
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I believe they are talking about Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use
An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds
Windows, an OS that is spyware and no one should use
Of, ffs, grow up.
An example of Windows being spyware not standard telemetry is the Recall feature. A feature that doesn’t just tell you how the OS is used but actually takes screenshots every few seconds
You have no clue what you're talking about, do you?
Recall only works on devices with an NPU. Do you know why? Because it runs locally. It's got NOTHING to do with telemetry, because it does NOT send data to Microsoft.
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Until a windows update kicks in and somehow turns it on for the world. thanks but no thanks. I'll be disabling this not with a reg key but with local policy or DSC if I have to use a windows machine for personal again.
I switched to Linux 2 months ago.
Until a windows update kicks in and somehow turns it on for the world.
I don't know if this is a regional thing, but I've been using Windows since 3.11 and have NEVER had ONE instance of an update randomly turning on something that I've turned off before.
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I don't trust them and they have given me sufficient reason over the course of decades not to.
So you still think it's 1990. Got it. Well, times have changed. We have better oversight. The EU has GDPR, user data is better protected. If they tried to pull off a "heist" and suddenly start grabbing these screenshots from users, the fine from EU would be historical.
