beep@piefed.worldM to Technology@piefed.worldEnglish · 26 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-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up146arrow-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.worldM to Technology@piefed.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareYouTalkinToMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·26 days agoAnd where is this detailed list?
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·25 days agoNot important, this is just a disguised advertisement for Proton VPN.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 days agoI’m just riding along with your sentiment 😉
minus-squarebeep@piefed.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·25 days ago Source: David Peterson, Proton VPN General Manager.
minus-squareCerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·25 days agoSo, in short, VPNs that sound shady probably are.
minus-squareYouTalkinToMe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·25 days agoAre there any that are paid and shady?
And where is this detailed list?
Not important, this is just a disguised advertisement for Proton VPN.
Well, yes, that was my point.
I’m just riding along with your sentiment 😉
🙂
Source: David Peterson, Proton VPN General Manager.
So, in short, VPNs that sound shady
probablyare.Are there any that are paid and shady?