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Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC (www.neowin.net)

submitted 4 days ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] zewm@lemmy.world 335 points 4 days ago

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

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 220 points 4 days ago (16 children)

Running Linux would block this feature too.

Just reason sayin.

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 71 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Switching to TempleOS made me hear the voices again.

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 181 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (44 children)

Brave's CEO is a homophobic Trump supporter. No thanks.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 64 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That’s not even the worst thing about him. He also invented JavaScript.

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[–] Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club 42 points 4 days ago (8 children)

He invented JavaScript, so definitely don't use that either. For real. JavaScript sucks.

[–] bier@feddit.nl 28 points 4 days ago

I used to hate JS but barley had used it. Now I use it on a daily base and hate it even more.

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[–] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 98 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Brave 🤮

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 69 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Windows 🤮

[–] spizzat2@lemmy.zip 32 points 4 days ago (3 children)

"feature" 🤮

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[–] blobchoice@feddit.uk 92 points 4 days ago (5 children)

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

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 85 points 3 days ago (37 children)

The better option would be to not use spyware as an operating system.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 73 points 4 days ago (8 children)

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 68 points 4 days ago (8 children)

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 57 points 4 days ago (11 children)

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

[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Linux blocks that "feature" too...

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[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days 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.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] sfjvvssss@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days ago (9 children)

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?

[–] Trihilis@ani.social 33 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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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[–] MaXsteri@lemmy.world 32 points 3 days 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.

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[–] articulatedstupidity@lemmy.cafe 32 points 2 days ago

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

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 31 points 3 days ago

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

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 4 days ago

"Feature"

[–] arararagi@ani.social 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes bad people do good things.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (14 children)

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

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

More like malware

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 22 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Can Recall not just be turned off?

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 56 points 4 days ago (11 children)

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

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