beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoProton analyzed 7,000+ mobile VPN apps. 64 apps actively collect physical location via GPS or other geolocation, 3 are owned by market research firms, and 85% of them contain trackers.protonvpn.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkProton analyzed 7,000+ mobile VPN apps. 64 apps actively collect physical location via GPS or other geolocation, 3 are owned by market research firms, and 85% of them contain trackers.protonvpn.combeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square34linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareperishthethought@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours ago… is not on the lists.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·18 hours agoShould be avoided.
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… is not on the lists.
Should be avoided.