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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. (protonvpn.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 95 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 66 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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  • [–] -2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    I don't see a problem with that.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (1 child)

    people cannot live without dragging out an old twitter post

    Kind of like that Nazi salute people just can't seem to forget, gosh.

    Proton is a stellar VPN.

    🤷‍♂️ Perhaps it is. Perhaps Teslas are great cars.

    Show me one that doesn't store and sell all the data...

    Ah yes, well, if everyone is doing it... 🫪👍👍

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Praising a democratically elected moron because he appointed a specific judge? Believe it or not, Nazi.

    Guess everything you don't like is nazi nazi nazi lol.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 days ago*

    I didn't say the CEO of Proton was a Nazi, lol.

    I think you misunderstood how they were similar to each other. Not the Nazi part, but how people don't easily forget things that break their trust.

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