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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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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.

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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.

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beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Shady VPNs could be spying on millions of Americans | Proton VPN
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A new survey of VPN apps available in the US shows that a worryingly large number of them behave in unacceptable ways.

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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    Given that Proton’s CEO has a massive boner for Trump, I don’t think they’re particularly worthy of my trust, either.

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      I heard that Mullvad’s cleaning lady is also voting for Trump…so here we are…

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        Misinformation. What really happened is one of the Mullvad founders donated a stupid amount of money to a fascist party in Europe

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          I’m pretty sure the cleaning lady is a Trump supporter. The baker told me Wednesday.

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            Is the cleaning lady also a company founder?

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              The lady with the toughest boostraps.

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        This minimizes what actually happened at mullvad. And OP is overblowing the proton trump thing as per usual in these comments.

        Its exhausting really.

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          I’m overblowing the Trump thing because I don’t appreciate being advertised to.

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      Source?

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        https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/

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