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Free Vpn Apps On Google Play Turned Android Phones Into Proxies - RedPacket Security (www.redpacketsecurity.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Over 15 free VPN apps on Google Play were found using a malicious software development kit that turned Android devices into unwitting residential proxies,

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

And your traffic is mingled with others, there are tons of locations, it's not associated with your identity, etc. Also, it supports WireGuard, which has much better performance on Linux (especially relevant when running on a router).