Disabling safe browsing is not working

Fred_Leonard March 25, 2026, 12:22am 1

Some downloads are not working:
”Brave blocked this download because you turned Safe Browsing off and the file can’t be verified”
But, safe browsing is OFF, and that’s the whole point, it should download everything.

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Disabling safe browsing is not working

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