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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

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

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

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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago
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Windows Recall remains controversial a year after its announcement. Now, the Brave browser has taken new measures to "protect" users from the feature.
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    The better option would be to not use spyware as an operating system.

  • blobchoice@feddit.uk
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    Unfortunately that would involve using the Brave browser, which is an antifeature in itself.

    • yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Can you elaborate? I don’t use it.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC

    As does Linux.

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      You use Linux? Here take this you’ve earned it 🍪

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        What if they always decline cookies? Or is this cookie one of those necessary ones?

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          Someone who used Linux would know that

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

    • vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      But it’s funded by an unrepentant homophobe! How can you pass on that?!

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        An unrepentant homophobe who accused people who dislike him for his homophobic views/actions as being closed-minded and bigoted for disliking him over it.

        You can’t make this shit up

  • kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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    The founder of Brave browser got fired from Firefox because he was homophobic

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    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.

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    Linux blocks that “feature” too…

  • sfjvvssss@lemmy.world
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    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
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      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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      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.

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      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
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      people just scroll around up voting headlines that they think sound good or support their identity

      I try to counter this by randomly downvoting everything

    • FarraigePlaisteaċ@lemmy.world
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      I’ve noticed this on political posts too, among others and I’ve wondered the same thing.

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    “Feature”

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    A device that surreptitiously gathers information on a target is called a bug, not a feature.

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      More like malware

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        yup. how do people continue using Winblows :/

    • youmaynotknow@lemmy.ml
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      It’s not a bug, it’s a feature we don’t like 🤣

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      Well, not really, a bug is unintentional. Even calling it a design flaw is a stretch, it’s a feature that isn’t for your benefit.

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        “Bug” also means “listening device.”

        • Chaotic Entropy@feddit.uk
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          If it was intentional double entendre then I retract my comment, but used in the context of “bugs and features” there’s a contextual implication.

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            It was wordplay, yes.

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              I retract.

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    All I have to say is I hope this catches on with other browsers.

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    Just avoid using an “AI” cpu.

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    What a title. Made me think installing the browser blocked the feature machine-wide.

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      Oh so they’re just doing whatever Firefox is doing in private mode on Android that makes screenshots all black

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    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.

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