beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 hours 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-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1160arrow-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-214 hours agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1366113/proton-analyzed-7000-mobile-vpn-apps-64-apps-actively-collect-physical-location-via-gps
minus-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down15·11 hours agoGiven that Proton’s CEO has a massive boner for Trump, I don’t think they’re particularly worthy of my trust, either.
minus-squarecenzorrll@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 hours agohttps://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/
minus-squareParadoxeuh@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down14·10 hours agoI heard that Mullvad’s cleaning lady is also voting for Trump…so here we are…
minus-squareSanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·9 hours agoThis minimizes what actually happened at mullvad. And OP is overblowing the proton trump thing as per usual in these comments. Its exhausting really.
minus-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoI’m overblowing the Trump thing because I don’t appreciate being advertised to.
Given that Proton’s CEO has a massive boner for Trump, I don’t think they’re particularly worthy of my trust, either.
Source?
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/
I heard that Mullvad’s cleaning lady is also voting for Trump…so here we are…
This minimizes what actually happened at mullvad. And OP is overblowing the proton trump thing as per usual in these comments.
Its exhausting really.
I’m overblowing the Trump thing because I don’t appreciate being advertised to.