beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours 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-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-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-212 hours agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarebeep@piefed.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·10 hours agoCheck my other comment.
minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·8 hours agoSo no full list, just cropped screenshots? Why?
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoTo avoid defamation lawsuits, most likely.
Check my other comment.
So no full list, just cropped screenshots? Why?
To avoid defamation lawsuits, most likely.