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-down117file-text
arrow-up1196arrow-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-squareMolochHorridus@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down4·22 hours agoIt’s an ad for Proton. Obviously.
It’s an ad for Proton. Obviously.