▲ 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
[–] oyzmo@piefed.social 0 points 4 days ago (2 children) Mullvad permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] perishthethought@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago ... is not on the lists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 days ago Should be avoided. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago ... is not on the lists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 days ago Should be avoided. permalink fedilink source parent