> We recently published a report with the University of New South Wales > and the University of Berkeley has revealed that these apps are not as > secure as they make out to be. > > The first analysis of its kind, the report looked at 283 Android VPN > apps, investigating a wide range of security and privacy features.VPN > facts from the study > > Alarmingly, the report uncovered that not only did 18 per cent of the > apps fail to encrypt users’ traffic but 38 per cent injected malware > or malvertising – software designed to damage or gain access to the > users’ information. The very reason users install these apps – to > protect their data – is the very function they are not performing and > these apps have been installed by tens of millions of users. > > And what’s more, the report found that over 80 per cent of apps > requested to access sensitive data such as user accounts and text > messages. > > While most of the examined apps offer (some form of) online anonymity, > some app developers deliberately sought to collect personal user > information that could then be sold on to external partners.
https://blog.csiro.au/tinker-torrentor-streamer-spy-vpn-privacy-alert/ Also see: Flurry, The Company That Tracks More Phones Than Google Or Facebook” and you’ve probably never even heard of them. http://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/post/65616918121
