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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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[–] 4 points 3 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.

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