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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)
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[–] 15 points 4 days ago (1 child)

They would probably get sued if they dropped names of direct competitors.

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