▲ 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
[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 point 3 days ago (1 child) Thanks. Also bullshit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anytimesoon@piefed.social 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child) It is? I use this one frequently. Why is it bullshit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 0 points 17 hours ago It marks v2rayNG as unsafe because of camera permissions permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anytimesoon@piefed.social 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child) It is? I use this one frequently. Why is it bullshit? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 0 points 17 hours ago It marks v2rayNG as unsafe because of camera permissions permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 0 points 17 hours ago It marks v2rayNG as unsafe because of camera permissions permalink fedilink source parent