beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-222 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-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-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-222 hours agomessage-square33linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareMolochHorridus@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down4·19 hours agoIt’s an ad for Proton. Obviously.
It’s an ad for Proton. Obviously.