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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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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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[–] 5 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

Given that Proton's CEO has a massive boner for Trump, I don't think they're particularly worthy of my trust, either.

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  • [+] -13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    I heard that Mullvad's cleaning lady is also voting for Trump...so here we are...

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  • [–] 6 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Misinformation. What really happened is one of the Mullvad founders donated a stupid amount of money to a fascist party in Europe

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  • [–] -4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure the cleaning lady is a Trump supporter. The baker told me Wednesday.

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