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Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC (www.neowin.net)
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[-] zewm@lemmy.world 354 points 2 months ago

Literally nothing will get me to use this crypto scam of a browser.

[-] darkkite@lemmy.ml 45 points 2 months ago

I've used this for years and have never interacted with any crypto feature

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 152 points 2 months ago

That you know of

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago

They kind of just ignore that the crypto feature is opt-in.

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 108 points 2 months ago

The fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn't opt in though...

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago

Also, their whole business model was (is?) just replacing ads with ads they get paid for.

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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 months ago

Not interacted doesnt mean it's non-existant.
It exists and therefore it's bad enough.

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[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 237 points 2 months ago

Running Linux would block this feature too.

Just reason sayin.

[-] LadyAutumn 48 points 2 months ago

Switching to Linux made me like computers again. Switching to Hyprland made me love computers again.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 77 points 2 months ago

Switching to TempleOS made me hear the voices again.

[-] felbane@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

Switching to Hannah Montana Linux made me hear The Best of Both Worlds again.

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[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 months ago

There's one in every thread.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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[-] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 112 points 2 months ago

Brave 🤮

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 72 points 2 months ago

Windows 🤮

[-] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 months ago

"feature" 🤮

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[-] blobchoice@feddit.uk 95 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately that would involve using the Brave browser, which is an antifeature in itself.

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[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 2 months ago

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

As does Linux.

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[-] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 71 points 2 months 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.

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[-] rozodru@lemmy.world 70 points 2 months ago

yeah, no, i'm not using your shitty browser.

[-] vzqq 38 points 2 months ago

But it’s funded by an unrepentant homophobe! How can you pass on that?!

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[-] Geodad@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

Linux blocks that "feature" too...

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[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 39 points 2 months ago

yeah but it's run by an active opponent of LGBT folks

[-] kerrigan778 36 points 2 months ago

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

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[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months 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 35 points 2 months ago

This still doesn't make brave a good privacy browser in the long run

[-] sfjvvssss@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months 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 34 points 2 months 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 32 points 2 months 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.

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[-] onnekas@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 be no discussion.

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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago

"Feature"

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months 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.

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[-] arararagi@ani.social 25 points 2 months ago

Sometimes bad people do good things.

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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

A device that surreptitiously gathers information on a target is called a bug, not a feature.

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[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 21 points 2 months ago

Can Recall not just be turned off?

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago

For an update or two, at least. Windows features tend to get turned back on after updates quite frequently.

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[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 21 points 2 months ago

People are still using Windows!?

[-] tane69@lemmy.world 67 points 2 months ago

People are still using the os that has like 95% market penetration? Yeah man pretty sure

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 30 points 2 months ago

Until Macs become cheaper or Linux becomes easier, Windows will remain the largest OS.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

I would rather be set on fire and have it put out with shovel than use a mac.

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