Scary_le_Poo
@Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org
- Comment on Steam will let you sue Valve now 1 month ago:
People like you are why the rest of us can’t have nice things.
- Comment on Valve bans keyboard automation in Counter-Strike 2 update 2 months ago:
“oh, geez, that’s terrible.”
- Comment on Wednesday, my dudes. 3 months ago:
Mister Rod!
- Comment on When is season 4 anyway? 1 year ago:
I am decidedly not a Trekkie.
I love every single one of the movies since 2009 and every single one of the new shows. I’ve never seen any of the old shows and they hold absolutely no interest for me.
Having said that, I love Discovery. It is an absolutely fantastic show.
Strange New worlds is among one of the best sci-fi shows I’ve ever watched. It is absolutely fantastic and Anson Mount is utterly fantastic.
For me, the Orville is a window into old Star Trek. I absolutely love The Orville. The way that it touches on difficult subjects is done so beautifully that I can’t even begin to gush about how perfect it is. The moclan arc with topa and the follow-ups were so wonderfully done. As a cis white guy, I can’t think of a better way to handle and portray these situations and how important they are than the way the Orville did.
It is my personal opinion that the biggest enemies of Star Trek are it’s hardcore fans. You guys shit on everything that isn’t old Star Trek and you make it so that new viewers are less likely to check out the shows. You like to crap all over Discovery without understanding that is actually a really good show. It’s also a really good way to bring people like myself that could give a shit less about Star Trek into the universe so that I’m more likely to check out other shows like strange New worlds for example which is about the best representation of what Star Trek is that we’re ever going to get.
That said I do have one major gripe. Beasty boys? JJ Lim, are you fucking stupid? The movie was great up until that point, and then you chose the dumbest way to close it out. How the fuck did this get out of table reading? What the actual absolute fuck?
- Comment on Streaming costs are rising, and there are more platforms than ever to choose between. Some people are going back to piracy 1 year ago:
Currently, you will run into far fewer issues and limitations if you use Plex.
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 1 year ago:
Such as?
- Comment on Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent 1 year ago:
Thank fuck for Firefox reading mode
full article because this site sucks fucking cock
www.ghacks.net Brave appears to install VPN Services without user consent - gHacks Tech News Martin Brinkmann 3 - 4 minutes
If you have the Brave Browser installed on your Windows devices, then you may also have Brave VPN services installed on the machine. Brave installs these services without user consent on Windows devices.
Brave Firewall + VPN is an extra service that Brave users may subscribe to for a monthly fee. Launched in mid-2022, it is a cooperation between Brave Software, maker of Brave Browser, and Guardian, the company that operates the VPN and the firewall solution. The firewall and VPN solution is available for $9.99 per month.
Brave Software is not the only browser maker that has integrated a VPN solution in its browser. Mozilla, maker of Firefox, entered into a cooperation with Mullvad and launched Mozilla VPN in 2020. Brave Browser’s installation of VPN services on Windows
Brave Browser Windows VPN Service
A post on Privacy Guides suggests that Brave Browser installs its VPN Service without user consent and regardless of whether the VPN is used or has been used in the past.
You can verify this easily by following these steps:
Use Windows-R to open the Run box. Type services.msc to open the Services manager on Windows. Scroll down until you come to the Brave section there. Check for Brave VPN Service and Brave VPN Wireguard Service.
If they exist, Brave has installed the services on your device. If you were never subscribed to Brave Firewall + VPN, the company may have done so without your consent.
The two services have no description, the startup type Manual and Manual Trigger Start.
There is no explanation why these services got installed on the system. Cautious users may set the two Services to disabled:
Right-click on one of the services and select Properties. Switch the Startup type from Manual to Disabled. Repeat the process for the second VPN service.
Deleting the Windows services is another option. The main issue here is that there is no guarantee that a browser update won’t install the Services again. You’d need to monitor the services whenever Brave Browser updates to make sure of that.
Some users who replied to the discussion on Privacy Guides said that they did not have these services installed.
Closing Words
Why are the VPN services installed in first place? Brave made no announcement in this regard. Maybe so that users can start using the VPN immediately on Windows and not after a restart.
In any event, you now have the tools at hand to check for the services and either disable or delete them.
Now You: do you use Brave Browser?
Summary
Brave is installing VPN Services without user consent
Article Name
Brave is installing VPN Services without user consent
Description
Brave Software appears to be installing VPN services on Windows devices without user consent during Brave Browser updates.
Author
Martin Brinkmann
Publisher
Ghacks Technology News
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- Comment on Striking WGA Union’s Spending Spree Revealed, Including 25K On Sushi 1 year ago:
Nypost is a propaganda rag.
- Comment on How many Adblocking/Privacy extensions are too much? 1 year ago:
Use Firefox with ubo. Stop using chromium browsers.
- Comment on SNW Musical Episode: Klingons’ Boy Band Number Was Almost an Opera 1 year ago:
I made a mistake, TMDB not IMDb. TMDB is what is linked up with Plex servers (mine anyway) and I assume jellyfin servers as well.
For anyone wondering, here is a full synopsis (honestly you didn’t miss anything particularly important): startrek.com/…/recap-209-subspace-rhapsody-strang…
- Comment on SNW Musical Episode: Klingons’ Boy Band Number Was Almost an Opera 1 year ago:
Iade it 15 minutes. Fucking waste of time. Also, there is a reason that it’s score is in the 40% range where every single other episode is in the 80% range.
I didn’t sign up to watch Star Trek: the shitty ass musical.
- Comment on SNW Musical Episode: Klingons’ Boy Band Number Was Almost an Opera 1 year ago:
God I fucking hate musical throwaway episodes