• ackzsel@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s “all your mail is now redirected to a third party that makes money by mining it for data without you knowing” level of nastiness. Absolutely deplorable and a reason to never touch anything made by the people behind Brave even with a ten foot pole. Brave is a scam and why people pretend its not is beyond me.

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      that’s what the new outlook ‘app’ (replacing win 10/11’s mail ‘app’) does with gmail accounts. routes all your mail from gmail through microsoft servers before delivering to the app on your pc.

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      huh? they install a windows process in case the user enables their vpn. is it good that they act prematurely there? no. is it like stealing all your emails? no?

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        They’re apprehending ALL of your browsing activity to their lucky vpn provider of choice.