Jump to content

VPN apps actually make it easier to track users, study finds


Recommended Posts

Guest Chris Mills
Posted

60fc0a74fa69bc6ab37cd0fcf9367ca9.jpg

The simplest weapon that users have to fight data collection, whether by the NSA or Facebook, is a Virtual Private Network (VPN). A VPN encrypts your internet traffic and reroutes it through a supposedly-anonymous server, which in theory makes it difficult or impossible to track an individual user.

 

But a VPN's anonymity is only as good as the provider. Secretly setting up your own server, paid in cash, in a non-compromised data center would be the best case scenario. But that's impractial, so most people use a free or paid-for service, like the thousands of VPN apps on the Google Play Store. But according to one study, those apps are doing jack-all to protect your data.

 

Continue reading...

 

Trending right now:

 

  1. iPhone 7 Plus vs Google Pixel ‘bokeh’ shootout isn’t even close
  2. New video shows us what to expect from the Galaxy S8
  3. T-Mobile employees share horror stories of lies and bill cramming in ‘wild outlaw’ stores

7a9d350ca5851098d7f11b48dc4a76bc._.gif

 

Via BRG - Boy Genius Report

×
×
  • Create New...