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Here is the paper in question:
https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-s1573-paper.pdf
If you are using VPN on android, google will always be able to link any IP you use to your identity.
Your phone is constantly pinging back to google's servers.
This just in: garbage VPNs are garbage
It seems like they tested a bunch of random, 3rd-rate vpns. I don't see NordVPN on there.
VIII. Conclusion We applied MVPNalyzer to 281 operational free VPN apps from the Google Play Store and uncovered alarming issues in security and privacy practices [...] Many of these apps found with issues have tens of millions of installs and appear among top Play Store search results.
Free VPN apps... Not exactly surprising, but worth investigating to combat misinformation regarding app-security, I guess.
Ah. I always assumed those were meant to sell your information.
Nord is 3rd rate. They had a data mining scandal that got burried a few years back. Try mullvad or cryptostorm
mullvad donated 5 million to a far-right party, I don't really know any great alternatives unfortunately but use airvpn via wireguard
A founder but not the company. Unfortunate but they're still likely better than most
this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026
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