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-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-22 days agoGiven that Proton’s CEO has a massive boner for Trump, I don’t think they’re particularly worthy of my trust, either.
minus-squareParadoxeuh@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoI heard that Mullvad’s cleaning lady is also voting for Trump…so here we are…
minus-squareNauticalNoodle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoMisinformation. What really happened is one of the Mullvad founders donated a stupid amount of money to a fascist party in Europe
minus-squareParadoxeuh@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 hours agoI’m pretty sure the cleaning lady is a Trump supporter. The baker told me Wednesday.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoIs the cleaning lady also a company founder?
minus-squarewillington@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThe lady with the toughest boostraps.
minus-squareSanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoThis minimizes what actually happened at mullvad. And OP is overblowing the proton trump thing as per usual in these comments. Its exhausting really.
minus-squareDigDoug@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI’m overblowing the Trump thing because I don’t appreciate being advertised to.
minus-squarecenzorrll@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agohttps://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/
Given that Proton’s CEO has a massive boner for Trump, I don’t think they’re particularly worthy of my trust, either.
I heard that Mullvad’s cleaning lady is also voting for Trump…so here we are…
Misinformation. What really happened is one of the Mullvad founders donated a stupid amount of money to a fascist party in Europe
I’m pretty sure the cleaning lady is a Trump supporter. The baker told me Wednesday.
Is the cleaning lady also a company founder?
The lady with the toughest boostraps.
This minimizes what actually happened at mullvad. And OP is overblowing the proton trump thing as per usual in these comments.
Its exhausting really.
I’m overblowing the Trump thing because I don’t appreciate being advertised to.
Source?
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/proton-mail-andy-yen-trump-republicans/