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Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by StingyJelly on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @04:26AM (#48019545)
Brave origin on linux looks pretty solid now. Now I'm using that and Librewolf.
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by dwedge on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @04:45AM (#48019695)
I will never use Brave after the debacle where they injected content into sites downloaded over HTTPS to pretend people were promoting their crypto token and adding a "donate" button on the page.
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by StingyJelly on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @04:54AM (#48019776)
That made me avoid it for a long time but there hasn't been more concerning behavior since, so some point, we can move on.
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by dwedge on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @04:55AM (#48019799)
Did they ever address it? It's still the same company with presumably the same ideals. I was using it daily at the time, maybe it's better now.
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by a96 on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @06:26AM (#48020503)
Brave is a series scam company. Always has been, always will be.
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by sevenzero on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @04:36AM (#48019627)
I just checked it out, but it removes Tor access? It would pretty much downgrade the regular browser
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by StingyJelly on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @04:49AM (#48019721)
I think using tor in brave just makes you stand out more - stock tor browser is probably a better setup. Whonix even better.
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by heavyset_go on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @04:54AM (#48019788)
It helps if you're doing mundane things and want to help people who need to mix their sensitive traffic with it.

More people "legitimately" using Tor makes it less likely to have its exit nodes outright blocked, as well, and assuming all traffic from them is malicious.

Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by StingyJelly on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @05:12AM (#48019945)
That's charitable, but even then you probably want to avoid fingerprinting...
Re:Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your d... by anthk on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @05:01AM (#48019857)
Brave it's spyware, keep going with Librewolf. You can disable some fingerprinting support for WebGL -but- you need UBo for sure (and JShelter).