--- title: Brave browser installs a VPN service on Windows whether... description: Brave browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers' computers without their consent. The behavior is limited to the Windows version of Brave.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/brave-browser-installs-a-vpn-service-on-windows-whether-you-want-it-or-not-g9a55lmvi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Brave browser installs a VPN service on Windows whether you want it or not | daily.dev og:description: Brave browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers' computers without their consent. The behavior is limited to the Windows version of Brave.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/brave-browser-installs-a-vpn-service-on-windows-whether-you-want-it-or-not-g9a55lmvi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/g9A55LmVI.png og:image:alt: Brave browser installs a VPN service on Windows whether you want it or not og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Brave browser installs a VPN service on Windows whether you want it or not **[The Verge](https://daily.dev/sources/theverge)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Brave browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers' computers without their consent. The behavior is limited to the Windows version of Brave. The company plans to change the installation behavior to download the services after someone has engaged with and paid for them. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@valdoryu** · 2 upvotes > Brave has some pretty shady malware-like behavior since its creation > > Mining without consent, built in advertisement, download stuff you don’t want/need and useless crypto stuff > Wake up and switch to something else > I suggest you look into Arc or Orion ! --- Tags: [#brave-browser](https://daily.dev/tags/brave-browser), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#vpn](https://daily.dev/tags/vpn), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/brave-browser-installs-a-vpn-service-on-windows-whether-you-want-it-or-not-g9a55lmvi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Brave browser installs a VPN service on Windows whether you want it or not","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/brave-browser-installs-a-vpn-service-on-windows-whether-you-want-it-or-not-g9a55lmvi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/brave-browser-installs-a-vpn-service-on-windows-whether-you-want-it-or-not-g9a55lmvi"},"datePublished":"2023-10-20T14:40:12.062Z","dateModified":"2024-02-17T02:13:08.697Z","description":"Brave browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers' computers without their consent. 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