beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 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-square48fedilinkarrow-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-24 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareperishthethought@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days ago… is not on the lists.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·3 days agoShould be avoided.
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… is not on the lists.
Should be avoided.