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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.

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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.

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Technology@piefed.worldEnglish · 17 days ago

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Shady VPNs could be spying on millions of Americans | Proton VPN

A new survey of VPN apps available in the US shows that a worryingly large number of them behave in unacceptable ways.

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