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| 7 free VPN apps on Android that violate privacy |
The demand for free VPN apps has increased dramatically, which coincides with the recent increase in website monitoring and blocking, as these apps can hide browser identities and open blocked websites.
However, a recent study showed that the permissions these apps require violate users ’privacy and weaken their data.
Of course, these apps require normal permissions, for example: requesting permissions to verify that Wi-Fi is reliable, but sometimes free VPN apps require permissions that directly endanger user privacy, like que: changing system parameters, reading a list Calls and search carefully.
Here are 7 free VPN apps that violate Android privacy:
1- Yoga VPN:
Although Yoga VPN's privacy policy includes the following sentences ((We do not collect personal information) and (We may collect information when contacting us), research indicates that it requested very serious permissions, such as reading the phone status and knowing the phone number, as well as understanding a data network the phone.
Since you can use it completely free, this is enough to avoid downloading the app and installing it on your phone. The most serious problem is that the company's headquarters was developed in the application is not clear.
2- VPN proXPN app:
Very personal permissions are required for the app, for example for example: accessing phone history, tracking your mobile network, writing to the SD card, lack of application updates in the Google Play Store since 2017 and accounts on social media platforms no activity of the application has been activated.
The study also found that many of the site's security certificates have expired since early 2019. Many users have complained that for these reasons they cannot communicate with the app support team. You will be asked to wait a while before installing the application on your phone.
3- VPNSpider:
Although OvpnSpider has a four-star rating in the Google Play Store, the app has questionable permissions, for example b- the need to access call logs in order for the app to work and access properly, the SD card and the study also showed that the app contains A serious vulnerability that could display DNS domain names.
This vulnerability is a serious vulnerability that can only be found in free and cheap VPNs. Your page views will be shown to your ISP. The study also stated that the oVPNSpider test is positive for malware.
It should be noted that research shows that there are other VPN apps in the Google Play Store that require the same permissions, including: geolocation data, read data and write to SD card, including:
Some application developers have shown that site authorization requests are directed to the closest user server. Although the closest server is ideal for connection speeds, you can usually use approximate locations to complete the process, rather than specifying the exact location of the user.