beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoProton 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1232arrow-down1external-linkProton 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.combeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1366113/proton-analyzed-7000-mobile-vpn-apps-64-apps-actively-collect-physical-location-via-gps
minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67arrow-down1·3 days agoJust because it is, doesn’t mean it can’t contain useful data. See also: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago useful data The extent of which is “Proton good, others bad”.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·edit-23 days agoI know lol, I was being facetious. 😉 I also want to see the list.
Just because it is, doesn’t mean it can’t contain useful data.
See also: https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/
The extent of which is “Proton good, others bad”.
I know lol, I was being facetious. 😉 I also want to see the list.