▲ 236 ▼ 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 beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1366113/proton-analyzed-7000-mobile-vpn-apps-64-apps-actively-collect-physical-location-via-gps
[–] beep@piefed.world [S] 49 points 4 days ago (4 children) Source: David Peterson, Proton VPN General Manager. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago* ProtonVPN Mulvad VPN CalyxVPN RiseUpVPN PIA VPN Proton has 1 tracker, while the others have 0. PIA has GPS location permissions, though. Edit. All links go to the Exodus Project page for those products. The same site that the David P post uses Edit 2. Some (including Proton) have camera permission, and I don't understand why a VPN app would need access to my camera. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 46 points 4 days ago Its unfortunate they really only name and shame random shovelware vpns it looks like. So it feels difficult to tell whether their points apply to any other real options people have heard of before... permalink fedilink source parent [–] artyom@piefed.social 24 points 4 days ago* Its a good thing they posted them on inaccessible Xitter in a confusing as fuck "thread" instead of their own God damn website... permalink fedilink source parent [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 4 days ago (1 child) Surely it's too hard to upload a spreadsheet on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 days ago Some people just have to complain about everything. Maybe a specific excel format? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago* ProtonVPN Mulvad VPN CalyxVPN RiseUpVPN PIA VPN Proton has 1 tracker, while the others have 0. PIA has GPS location permissions, though. Edit. All links go to the Exodus Project page for those products. The same site that the David P post uses Edit 2. Some (including Proton) have camera permission, and I don't understand why a VPN app would need access to my camera. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 46 points 4 days ago Its unfortunate they really only name and shame random shovelware vpns it looks like. So it feels difficult to tell whether their points apply to any other real options people have heard of before... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] artyom@piefed.social 24 points 4 days ago* Its a good thing they posted them on inaccessible Xitter in a confusing as fuck "thread" instead of their own God damn website... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 4 days ago (1 child) Surely it's too hard to upload a spreadsheet on the internet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 days ago Some people just have to complain about everything. Maybe a specific excel format? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 days ago Some people just have to complain about everything. Maybe a specific excel format? permalink fedilink source parent
