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Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC
(www.androidcentral.com)
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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A VPN is only as much of a security improvement as the service behind it. If it gets installed in a shady way, how much trust can you put into the service?
This was my point exactly. A VPN may just as well be used to spy on your traffic rather than secure it. And that's why I'd be upset, personally: because I don't trust brave or the company behind it.
But I think the main thing people are up in arms about is the fact that they didn't ask for it. :)