Certain Android VPN apps are insecure, secretly tied to one Chinese company (www.techspot.com)
from memfree@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org on 21 Aug 19:52
https://beehaw.org/post/21744350

Techspot has a table of some known bad VPNs, and concludes:

The report does not speculate heavily on Qihoo 360’s motives for concealing ownership of so many free VPN apps, an approach that likely helped boost downloads while avoiding reputational risks. The company, which has well-documented ties to Beijing’s communist regime, may have pursued this strategy to minimize costs and maintain deniability.

For more details on the security issues, this is about the same paper: cyberinsider.com/vpn-apps-used-by-millions-contai…

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Ulrich@feddit.org on 21 Aug 20:30 next collapse

I wouldn’t recommend any VPN other than Proton or Mullvad. You are tunneling all of your internet traffic through their server, which creates a database of a mountain of valuable information and almost no one is going to resist that temptation.

bl4kers@beehaw.org on 21 Aug 20:46 next collapse

That’s opening Pandora’s box though, since you then become aware of illegal activities and take on a lot of liability

SpikesOtherDog@ani.social on 21 Aug 21:15 collapse

I can’t see a Chinese company facing legal action for that

bl4kers@beehaw.org on 24 Aug 04:20 collapse

Well yeah, but who would use a Chinese-based VPN? That’s asking for trouble to begin with

SpikesOtherDog@ani.social on 24 Aug 12:02 collapse

The average person is not tech savvy and may pick the best deal without researching.

hddsx@lemmy.ca on 21 Aug 22:18 next collapse

Why not windscribe

Ulrich@feddit.org on 21 Aug 22:49 collapse

Never heard of it.

icelimit@lemmy.ml on 22 Aug 09:07 collapse

When did NordVPN lose the spot?

Ulrich@feddit.org on 22 Aug 15:30 collapse

LOL what?

jherazob@beehaw.org on 22 Aug 10:13 collapse

Never use free VPNs