• Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s something that’s inherently a privacy and security risk. Even if brave themselves don’t do anything malicious with it, doesn’t mean that someone who’s found a potential exploit in the VPN service won’t.

    Ok, well a vpn is a potential security improvement if anything… But regardless, it’s off, it’s disabled, unusable unless you’re paying for it. I mean just for perspective, any browser is much more of an inherent security risk than a VPN app sitting dormant and inactive.

    But you’re right that users never asked for it, so I get that part.

    • graveyardchickenhunt@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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?

      • vorap [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        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. :)