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-up1213arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1195arrow-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-squareCris_Citrus (he/him <3)@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·23 hours agoIts unfortunate they really only name and shame random shovelware vpns it looks like. So it feels difficult to tell whether their points apply to any other real options people have heard of before…
Its unfortunate they really only name and shame random shovelware vpns it looks like. So it feels difficult to tell whether their points apply to any other real options people have heard of before…