beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months 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-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1237arrow-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-22 months agomessage-square49linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 months agoSo no full list, just cropped screenshots? Why?
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoTo avoid defamation lawsuits, most likely.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHow is it defamation if it’s actually true?
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s not, but it takes a court and a bunch of very expensive lawyers to figure that out
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