Free VPN apps pose a privacy risk on both Android and iOS

Both Apple and Google are allowing numerous potentially unsafe free VPN apps to remain in their app stores, despite being aware of privacy risks according to research from Top10VPN.com. Among the string of serious privacy issues uncovered but not acted upon is the discovery that nearly 60 percent of the most popular free VPN apps are secretly Chinese-owned. The study examined the 30 apps making up the top 20 search results for 'VPN' across the two app stores, digging deep into their ownership, professionalism and policies. It finds 59 percent of apps have hidden Chinese ownership, despite the strict VPN… [Continue Reading]