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TySpicer

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Registered: 2025-08-31

Posts: 138

[SOLVED] Brave browser - KDE Wallet System popup?

Out of nowhere when trying to launch Brave, this strange window popped up. I don't have a screenshot tool yet, so I'll write the text here:

The KDE Wallet System
	KDE has requested to create a new wallet named 'Default keyring'. This is used to store sensitive data in a secure fashion. Please choose the new wallet's type below or click cancel to deny the application's request.
		- Classic, blowfish encrypted file
		- Use GPG encryption, for better protection

This is sudden enough, I wonder if it could be malware. On the other hand, I know Brave has a wallet system, so maybe it has to do with that? I don't want to use it, and I certainly don't want this popup. Should I be concerned? How can I disable this popup?

"... or click cancel ..." - I did this, and Brave opened. After closing and reopening Brave, it popped up again, so it didn't disable it.

Last edited by TySpicer (2025-09-20 16:38:41)

StarWolf3000

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Registered: 2025-06-23

Posts: 32

Re: [SOLVED] Brave browser - KDE Wallet System popup?

Your browser stores login data like username/passwords and maybe some sensitive information like names, addresses etc. This data is encrypted using a machine-specific key and this key has to be stored somewhere on your system (Windows does this as well). KDE Wallet/KWallet is a storage for such keys and other data, like GPG keys.

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE_Wallet

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Succulent of your garden

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Registered: 2024-02-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Brave browser - KDE Wallet System popup?

you can launch brave with this if you don't store passwords or login to pages, and don't want to install the kde wallet:

brave --store-password=basic

Also check this https://community.brave.app/t/is-passwo … rds/547478
But is more like the same.

But also try this:

Chrome/Chromium/Opera has built in wallet integration. To enable it, run Chromium with the --password-store=kwallet5 or --password-store=kwallet6 or --password-store=detect argument. To make the change persistent, see Chromium#Making flags persistent. (Setting CHROMIUM_USER_FLAGS will not work.)

Since brave is chromium based

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pentomasis

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Registered: 2019-10-17

Posts: 19

Re: [SOLVED] Brave browser - KDE Wallet System popup?

I also got the popup on GNOME today. It showed when opening VSCodium, Signal Desktop and Fractal. I also now get errors for all my GNOME Online Accounts because they lack the password. I think there might be a regression / bug with one of the packages that I recently updated. These are the last updated packages:

[2025-09-20T21:53:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libp11-kit (0.25.7-1 -> 0.25.9-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-libs (258-1 -> 258-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded p11-kit (0.25.7-1 -> 0.25.9-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libxml2 (2.14.6-1 -> 2.15.0-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (1:25.2.3-1 -> 1:25.2.3-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gst-plugin-gtk4 (0.14.1-1 -> 0.14.2-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded ldb (2:4.22.4-1 -> 2:4.23.0-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libtool (2.5.4+r62+g6389dce8-1 -> 2.6.0-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libwbclient (2:4.22.4-1 -> 2:4.23.0-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:49+0200] [ALPM] upgraded systemd (258-1 -> 258-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:52+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux (6.16.7.arch1-1 -> 6.16.8.arch1-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux-headers (6.16.7.arch1-1 -> 6.16.8.arch1-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-cryptography (45.0.7-1 -> 46.0.1-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-mitmproxy-rs (0.12.3-1 -> 0.12.7-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-psutil (7.0.0-1 -> 7.1.0-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded smbclient (2:4.22.4-1 -> 2:4.23.0-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (258-1 -> 258-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded ttf-roboto (3.011-1 -> 3.012-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:55+0200] [ALPM] upgraded thunderbird (142.0-1 -> 143.0-1)
[2025-09-20T21:53:55+0200] [ALPM] upgraded vulkan-radeon (1:25.2.3-1 -> 1:25.2.3-2)
[2025-09-20T21:53:55+0200] [ALPM] upgraded zed (0.204.1-1 -> 0.204.3-1)
[2025-09-20T22:12:01+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libnm-iwd (1.54.0-1 -> 1.54.1-1)
[2025-09-20T22:12:02+0200] [ALPM] upgraded networkmanager-iwd (1.54.0-1 -> 1.54.1-1)