2026-08-29T06:27:26.294474Z

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.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1366113/proton-analyzed-7000-mobile-vpn-apps-64-apps-actively-collect-physical-location-via-gps

protonvpn.com/blog/vpn-privacy

Proton VPNShady VPNs could be spying on millions of Americans | Proton VPNA new survey of VPN apps available in the US shows that a worryingly large number of them behave in unacceptable ways.

2026-08-29T06:37:18.427691Z

Babalugats@Babalugats@feddit.uk

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Any chance of seeing the list broken down by ownership and trackers?

It seems a bit pointless otherwise.

2026-08-29T07:07:16.301141Z

Victor@victorz@lemmy.world

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Not important, this is just a disguised advertisement for Proton VPN.

2026-08-29T19:41:35.032683Z

Valmond@Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I don’t see a problem with that.

2026-08-29T23:41:07.980971Z

Victor@victorz@lemmy.world

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It can be healthy to question your sources and their motives. 👍

2026-08-30T16:59:32.515349Z

Valmond@Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Proton is a stellar VPN, but people cannot live without dragging out an old twitter post about a CEO praising the instauration of some judge by trump. That’s it. That’s all the critic that has been found over the years.

Mullvad is super fasho and show me one that doesn’t store and sell all the data…