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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Proton 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.

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Proton 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.

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Shady VPNs could be spying on millions of Americans | Proton VPN
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A new survey of VPN apps available in the US shows that a worryingly large number of them behave in unacceptable ways.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1366113/proton-analyzed-7000-mobile-vpn-apps-64-apps-actively-collect-physical-location-via-gps

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    Not important, this is just a disguised advertisement for Proton VPN.

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      Just because it is, doesn’t mean it can’t contain useful data.

      See also: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

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        useful data

        The extent of which is “Proton good, others bad”.

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        I know lol, I was being facetious. 😉 I also want to see the list.

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      I don’t see a problem with that.

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        It can be healthy to question your sources and their motives. 👍

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          Proton is a stellar VPN, but people cannot live without dragging out an old twitter post about a CEO praising the instauration of some judge by trump. That’s it. That’s all the critic that has been found over the years.

          Mullvad is super fasho and show me one that doesn’t store and sell all the data…

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