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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. (protonvpn.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1366113/proton-analyzed-7000-mobile-vpn-apps-64-apps-actively-collect-physical-location-via-gps

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[–] esc@piefed.social 67 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No list, advert for proton.

[–] beep@piefed.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Check my other comment.

[–] esc@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So no full list, just cropped screenshots? Why?

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To avoid defamation lawsuits, most likely.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

How is it defamation if it's actually true?

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's not, but it takes a court and a bunch of very expensive lawyers to figure that out

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 41 minutes ago

Judicial system is broken, huh