Running Linux would block this feature too.
Just reason sayin.
Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC
Submitted 3 weeks ago by moe90@feddit.nl to technology@lemmy.world
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BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Switching to Linux made me like computers again. Switching to Hyprland made me love computers again.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Switching to TempleOS made me hear the voices again.
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Same story here! Im in love with computing all over again because of it. Too bad many are tricked into thinking Microsoft ia the only option.
eclipse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Hyprland made me suicidal again but we are all different
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
There’s one in every thread.
Klear@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
One?
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Running Linux would block this feature too.
Keep In mind that you can still be captured by this feature indirectly, Discord for example certainly doesn’t intend to do anything to hide your messages, they recently went public so in their eyes more tracking the better.
I’m thankful to have made a feature request to Element/Matrix asking for this exact thing.
unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Discord… Still isn’t public?
They’re certainly talking about it but they haven’t announced a date yet.
Having said that, element and matrix are both more privacy respecting so I do agree with the recommendation in general.
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Actually, Linux doesn’t block windows, it just isn’t windows.
Just reason saying.
thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Actually it does! When youre installing, just delete the windows boot partition and your done!
Pamasich@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
Tbf, anything that isn't AI Windows blocks the feature. Including regular Windows.
People just need to not fall for the scam edition and they don't have to deal with this shit.
timewarp@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Brace’s CEO is a homophobic Trump supporter. No thanks.
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That’s not even the worst thing about him. He also invented JavaScript.
OozingPositron@feddit.cl 2 weeks ago
That’s it, brave is getting uninstalled from my PC NOW.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
He invented JavaScript, so definitely don’t use that either. For real. JavaScript sucks.
bier@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
I used to hate JS but barley had used it. Now I use it on a daily base and hate it even more.
nao@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
JS is difficult to avoid. Brave is easy to avoid, just use another browser.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Does he run/have power over JavaScript right now?
hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Ah, you beat me to it.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
What does that have to do with the browser? Last I checked, browsers aren’t transphobic.
You do you, but I personally refuse to make product choices based on the person who makes it. Brave is the least bad chromium browser, so I use it as a backup to my main Gecko-based browser. I’m not a fan of Mozilla either, but that’s irrelevant since I pick my software based on what it does, not based on the management of the company that builds it.
Frellwit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Brave is the least bad chromium browser
It’s pretty sleazy. Ungoogled Chromium or Vivaldi are probably less sleazy, if at all.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I would not choose to use a product made by people I disagree with but leaving that aside:
Is it the least bad? Why not degoogled chrome? Or chromium? Even vivaldi seems like a better choice.
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Actually, I consider Brave the best (or the least bed…) browser on the market. Period. The fact that it isn’t made by Mozilla is a plus for me.
szymon@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
He could be next husband of Ivanka Trump - I don’t care
If he provide good service for me - browser which fits my needs. I would even send him money every fay
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
“I’ll support fascism as long as it’s convenient for me”
technohippie@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
That’s the logic of as long as it benefits ME I don’t care and I support them no matter what they do. This same logic has been applied to all the shitty things done in history like slavery, war and so forth, and the reason the world is way it is: Greed.
HowAbt2day@futurology.today 2 weeks ago
I need a better option then. What can yall suggest?
captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 2 weeks ago
Thorium.
scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Brave 🤮
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 weeks ago
I mean Mozilla’s Firefox is 🤮 too… there’s no perfect browser
kepix@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
nothing is perfect, except the horseshoe crab. however both librewolf and cromite are great with ublock, and ltsc windows has no copilot since companies use that edition.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The better option would be to not use spyware as an operating system.
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Do you consider any form of telemetry “spyware”?
Fijxu@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I don’t think taking screenshots of everything you do every few seconds is telemetry.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You consider actual, literal spyware as being merely telemetry?
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Honestly it largely is.
Personally I like sharing crash reports, but even then, the user should be able to turn that off if you like.
Telemetry should be 100% opt-in.
blobchoice@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately that would involve using the Brave browser, which is an antifeature in itself.
yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Can you elaborate? I don’t use it.
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 weeks ago
They shit on it because just like Mozilla, they made some shit decision by making some shady partnerships, and because the CEO is transphobic/homophobic/can’t remember
Apart from the usual bullshit and antifeatures it has, it’s still a great browser choice, just like Firefox
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC
As does Linux.
Krudler@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You use Linux? Here take this you’ve earned it 🍪
pirat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What if they always decline cookies? Or is this cookie one of those necessary ones?
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
OK, you need to explain to me how tf does Linux block something that works only on Windows.
rozodru@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yeah, no, i’m not using your shitty browser.
vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
But it’s funded by an unrepentant homophobe! How can you pass on that?!
Electricd@lemmybefree.net 2 weeks ago
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
SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
They haven’t blocked the windows feature, they’re using DRM to interfere with it. Microsoft could easily change how the DRM works any time they want, rendering all these hacks useless.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Exactly, how do you even fight with the OS except just making it bit hard for them lol. You have to tell the OS what pixels to put in the screen, there’s literally no way you can hide things from the OS if they want to know.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
People, ynless they are at work, can choose to use Linux any time. I will personally assist if needed.
moe90@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
then people can complained it on Brave Github or their official forum and it will be fixed by their team
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
They could, but Disney…
Geodad@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Linux blocks that “feature” too…
Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
What feature?? Recall? That’s Windows 11-specific and hasn’t even launched yet??
noxypaws@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
yeah but it’s run by an active opponent of LGBT folks
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Let me know when it is discovered that they in fact replaced MS Recall with their own version that was scraping your data in yet another sketchy attempt to make money.
articulatedstupidity@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
This still doesn’t make brave a good privacy browser in the long run
kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 2 weeks ago
BUT… most people really don’t care about that, they just want to remove ads from facebook or youtube or whatever…
My clients couldn’t care less about what the CEO does, heck they still think facebook is the dogs danglies and youtube is cutting edge plus Netflix is the best streaming service.
Fighting that is way harder than then trying to explain that some software is worse than others. Heck plenty still use Photoshop because they don’t understand that alternatives exist and “everyone at work uses it”
sfjvvssss@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
In this thread something I see a lot on lemmy is happening. Maybe someone can give me a hint on how that happens. The post itself is 90% upvotes, while the comment section is really anti-Brave (for good reasons). Do most upvotes come from people scrolling through without looking at the comment section and those with an opinion on the topic dive into it?
MaXsteri@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I upvote the post because I support the feature, and would like to see more browsers implement more privacy focused features.
I upvote the anti-Brave comments, because fuck Brave.
Trihilis@ani.social 2 weeks ago
The post itself is reasonable quality and informative so I find it upvote worthy. If a post is low quality or a shit post then I downvote.
To me the karma system is about quality. Not an “I agree/disagree” button.
For comments I only down vote obvious trolls, bigots/racism etc.
onnekas@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I think you should not downvote a post you have a negative opinion about. If the post is worth to discuss then why should I not upvote the post and then say that I disagree in the comments. If we all down vote those posts nobody will see it (apart of those who sort by controversial) and there will discussion.
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Most people never bother to read anything beyond the title of the post. Let alone click the link to the article.
Now, i don’t know how everyone sees up/down votes. But I always thought that content and comments that is relevant and promotes discussion is good. And comments that aren’t are bad.
Rather than a measure of others opinions.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It seems to me most people simply upvote the post to reward OP for bringing things up, exposing etc. Comments serve opinions on the topic itself, but upvote/downvote is more for if it’s good according to community rules and if the topic itself is interesting.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
people just scroll around up voting headlines that they think sound good
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
“Feature”
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A device that surreptitiously gathers information on a target is called a bug, not a feature.
arararagi@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Sometimes bad people do good things.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The sad thing is that you now have to protect yourself against the OS you are using. Feels a bit like in the movie TRON.
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Can Recall not just be turned off?
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
People are still using Windows!?
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
This isn’t unique to Brave.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The founder of Brave browser got fired from Firefox because he was homophobic
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 2 weeks ago
Now whilst I enjoy all the comments I actually have to add something quickly that explains why this kind of thing happens. I recently worked with a rather old lady to find out why she was having so many issues with technology and stuff. I found out that when she started work in 1986 she was told that the shared password in her department at the local hospital was “password” and so she has used that on everything she can since to remember it… other gems that they used on whole departments included “qwerty” and “123456” and the best one of all “letmeinnow”. On whole shared networks of 100+ machines…
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just avoid using an “AI” cpu.
Booboofinget@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
All I have to say is I hope this catches on with other browsers.
Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What a title. Made me think installing the browser blocked the feature machine-wide.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 2 weeks ago
I still have literally thousands of clients that use Windows and want support… for these kinds of things. Firefox has recently stopped working on a few things and Brave works better for me right now. It’s not convenience when FF doesn’t work…
But I digress, Win 11 here and Brave. My choices, for lots of reasons. Lots of linux boxes as well though. Each to their own and all thatMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is about the Smart App Control feature in Win11 that takes screenshots periodically to check for “malicious activity”. its basically a glorified keylogger built into the OS. Firefox should really follow suit and block this too.
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
I used some stuff to block my location and windows recall BECAUSE FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!
zewm@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Literally nothing will get me to use this crypto scam of a browser.
darkkite@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I’ve used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
That you know of
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Not interacted doesnt mean it’s non-existant.
It exists and therefore it’s bad enough.
alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s okay, it’s never too late to switch.