beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 个月前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.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 个月前message-square49linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareesc@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 个月前So no full list, just cropped screenshots? Why?
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 个月前To avoid defamation lawsuits, most likely.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 个月前How is it defamation if it’s actually true?
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前It’s not, but it takes a court and a bunch of very expensive lawyers to figure that out
Check my other comment.
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