beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 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-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down123file-textcross-posted to: tech@piefed.world
arrow-up1223arrow-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-29 days agomessage-square45linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: tech@piefed.world
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minus-squareboatswainlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoIt’s not, but it takes a court and a bunch of very expensive lawyers to figure that out
It’s not, but it takes a court and a bunch of very expensive lawyers to figure that out
Judicial system is broken, huh