Over half of the 30,000 investigated Android Apps are leaking secrets that could have huge repercussions for both app developers and their customers.
  • 1 A smartphone isn’t a secure dispositive
  • 2 It’s not a good idea to store sensitive data in a smartphone or using it for banking or with pay apps
  • 3 Disconnect the GPS, if you don’t need it
  • 4 Use a good AV , p.Exmpl. BitDefender (Free version is enough), because Google Play Protect is only a better placebo
  • 5 Review the permissions of the apps and remove those which are not needed for the app (Candy Crush don’t need access to your camara or mic, f.Exmpl.)
  • 6 Prefer apps from F-Droid
  • 7 Use Exodus Privacy to check the apps before download or using.
  • 8 Use a VPN if you are on a public WiFi, but be aware of the most free VPN, there are few exceptions of thrustworth free VPN, you can use
  • Proton VPN (no logs, no data limit, encrypted end2end, developed by Suiss CERN scientifics. -Windscribe (same as Proton, but only 10 Gb/month)
  • Calyx VPN (No logs, encrypted, no data limit, but only one server from the Calyx Institute)
  • ZerushOP
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    2 years ago

    A private company without a court order has no right to log the user’s activities, worse if this is done by an app that precisely must safeguard the user’s privacy, such as a VPN. It is not only privacy that is in question with the practice of surveillance advertising and data logs, this can even be synonymous with security problems, as already shown by dozens of cases of sensitive data leaked from hundreds of thousands of users, including bank details and physicians from companies that use these practices. It is a difference between a soft or app receiving technical feedback on its operation and a very different one that this app records your activities and histories in order to earn money with it, selling this data to third parties, just as many ‘free’ VPNs do, thus distorting its own operation, which in certain countries can even put the user’s life at risk. I don’t think they will ban you, but inform yourself about this problem first, which apparently you haven’t understood.