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

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  • alaknar@sopuli.xyzA [email protected]

    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?

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    #293

    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.

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    • nokturne213@sopuli.xyzN [email protected]

      That you know of

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      #294

      That sounds like fear mongering, but ok.

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      • P [email protected]

        That sounds like fear mongering, but ok.

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        #295

        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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        • moe90@feddit.nlM [email protected]
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          I used some stuff to block my location and windows recall BECAUSE FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!

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          • moe90@feddit.nlM [email protected]
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            This still doesn't make brave a good privacy browser in the long run

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            • alaknar@sopuli.xyzA [email protected]

              Well, you certainly need to be in a specific state of mind for this to make any sense...

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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.

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              • V [email protected]

                And yet they all have a package manager of some kind to install packages from. It doesn’t have to be Flatpak specifically

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                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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                • I [email protected]

                  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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                  Then don't enable it.

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                  • alaknar@sopuli.xyzA [email protected]

                    What are you talking about now?

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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

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                    • alaknar@sopuli.xyzA [email protected]

                      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.

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                      #302

                      not malicious in nature

                      Haha, sure thing William

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                      • E [email protected]

                        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

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                        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!

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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.

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                            I used some stuff to block my location and windows recall BECAUSE FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!

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                            there are 100% fed backdoors for looking in your pc in Windows

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                            • gemini24601@lemmy.worldG [email protected]

                              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 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...

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                                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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                                • alaknar@sopuli.xyzA [email protected]

                                  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?

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                                  Look at this bootlicker ignoring history and saying trust Microsoft.

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                                  • A [email protected]

                                    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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                                    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.

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                                      "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

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                                        Are you a tech-illiterate person?

                                        If not, explain how is it malicious.

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                                        • I [email protected]

                                          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

                                          alaknar@sopuli.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          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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