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Can you trust your Android VPN client? (Help Net Security)
2017-01-26 21:41

Do you trust your Android VPN client to keep your data secure and your online browsing private? Perhaps you shouldn’t. A group of researchers has analyzed 283 Android apps from Google Play that use the Android VPN permission in search of possible malware presence, third-party library embedding, and traffic manipulation, and have discovered that: 18% of the apps implement tunneling protocols without encryption (despite promising online anonymity and security to users) 84% of the apps … More →


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