beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 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-square44fedilinkarrow-up1253file-text
arrow-up1253external-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-22 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoSo no full list, just cropped screenshots? Why?
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoTo avoid defamation lawsuits, most likely.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoHow is it defamation if it’s actually true?
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoIt’s not, but it takes a court and a bunch of very expensive lawyers to figure that out
Check my other comment.
So no full list, just cropped screenshots? Why?
To avoid defamation lawsuits, most likely.
How is it defamation if it’s actually true?
It’s not, but it takes a court and a bunch of very expensive lawyers to figure that out
Judicial system is broken, huh