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At Least 20 VPN and Ad-Blocking Apps With 35 Million Downloads Actually Monitored Phones https://t.co/J2KoBdBLeT via @gizmodo
— Kody (@KodyKinzie) March 10, 2020
https://t.co/CduT52N4sh
— Peppermint Patti (@Angelsgal02) March 10, 2020
What! Apps spy on us? Im shocked! Shocked I tell ya! Lol!
According to @BuzzFeedNews investigation, at least 20 apps owned by @SensorTower analytics firm have been secretly collecting their users' data. The summary audience of these apps reaches 35 million. https://t.co/G9v6BzIshW
— AdGuard (@AdGuard) March 10, 2020
At Least 20 #VPN and Ad-Blocking Apps With 35 Million Downloads Actually Monitored Users' Phones https://t.co/xME3cpDo85 #privacy #cybersecurity
— Paula Piccard ?? ?? (@Paula_Piccard) March 10, 2020
Yesterday @Gizmodo reported that at least 20 ad-blocking and VPN apps were secretly owned by analytics firm Sensor Tower suspected of spying on users’ phones. Yet another reason to switch to @OrchidProtocol #VPN. https://t.co/CnyMbCUJ2S
— Amanda Cassatt (@AmandaCassatt) March 10, 2020
At Least 20 VPN and Ad-Blocking Apps With 35 Million Downloads Actually Monitored Users' Phones https://t.co/b12nwC4GTA#Privacy #pii #cookies #marketing #eu #gpdr #surveillance #tracking #monitoring #profiling #persona #UserData #righttobeforgetten pic.twitter.com/TBl1qcmED0
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) March 10, 2020
A popular analytics platform secretly collected data from millions of people who installed its VPN and ad-blocking apps: https://t.co/LC4B0F9Eb9
— ProtonVPN (@ProtonVPN) March 10, 2020
ProtonVPN is different. Our apps are open source, and transparency is one of our guiding principles: https://t.co/yOQTPPH1PO
NEW: Popular VPN And ad-blocking apps are secretly harvesting user data. I found the apps are actually owned by app analytics platform Sensor Data, which does not disclose its connection to them: https://t.co/d1nUgEOowp
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) March 9, 2020
Sensor Tower has been secretly collecting data from millions of people who have installed popular VPN and ad-blocking apps for Android and iOS: https://t.co/XCLakWkXSn
— Adam Levin (@Adam_K_Levin) March 10, 2020
Good sleuthing by @CraigSilverman & the BuzzFeed team - unearthed actual developers of dodgy mobile appshttps://t.co/YeNWqMPsUq#infosec #bigdata #cybersecurity #mobiledev #appdev
— WartOnPrivacy (@WarOnPrivacy) March 10, 2020
Because of course they were:
— Whitney Merrill (@wbm312) March 10, 2020
Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data
Smh ??♀️ https://t.co/h3qzDYBfIN
Always make sure you only use reliable VPN and ad-blocking apps! #internet #privacy
— Matthijs Pontier ??☠️ (@Matthijs85) March 10, 2020
These Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data
- Free and Unlimited VPN
- Luna VPN
- Mobile Data
- Adblock Focus https://t.co/PqAqU7fB2E pic.twitter.com/NztiNTENbm
You turn to them to block ads.
— David Beard (@dabeard) March 10, 2020
They secretly harvest your data.
They never tell you who owns their apps—and what they want to do with your data.
Apple and Google removed two of the apps from their stories after a journalist asked.https://t.co/5Q2Rj6ZwKY by @CraigSilverman
The reality is that nobody really knows what VPNs are doing. Just because they say they're private doesn't mean they are. There are no guarantees. They can collect and sell your data to their hearts content and you wouldn't even know.
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) March 10, 2020
The latest example: https://t.co/13xlL1z4wf
“This is yet another reminder to be wary about whatever you install on your phone—and if you want a good ad blocker or VPN, please be careful about which one you choose.” https://t.co/uUfNF6mYGo
— ☘️Crispin Burke☘️ (@CrispinBurke) March 11, 2020
At Least 20 VPN and Ad-Blocking Apps With 35 Million Downloads Actually Monitored Users' Phones https://t.co/jODSfqZHUk #SmartNews
— Popcorn eatin gargoyle of Frankenstein's castle (@WanderNWoodsman) March 11, 2020
Reminder that the business model of free VPN apps & ad blockers is typically selling user browsing history (aggregated & anonymized!) as market intelligence to advertisers & Fortune 500 companies.
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) March 11, 2020
That’s where most usage stats in news stories come from.https://t.co/sEgqBMAswo
"Some mobile ad-blockers and VPNs siphoning user #data, report finds": https://t.co/SZIBnGBDHm #ethics #internet #cybersec #privacy #business
— Internet Ethics (@IEthics) March 10, 2020
Sensor Tower, a company that made apps billed as privacy-protecting, installed man-in-the-middle certificates on your devices that let them spy on everything you did online. https://t.co/6M2EaQPgQo
— Bernie Beats Trump (@doctorow) March 11, 2020
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„Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data“https://t.co/4NklBtU0d4 #InfoSec #ITSecurity #OTSecurity #KRITIS
— Richard Peddi (@PeddiRichard) March 11, 2020
Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Datahttps://t.co/bMWukr1qpL
— WhatIsMyIPAddress.com (@wimia) March 11, 2020
Be careful who you trust to protect your online privacy. Here's yet another worrying case:
— F-Secure FREEDOME VPN (@FreedomeVPN) March 11, 2020
Popular VPN And Ad-Blocking Apps Are Secretly Harvesting User Data#privacy #adblockhttps://t.co/8u985BQkYE pic.twitter.com/8yIih0pXde
free VPN apps, ad blocking apps, anti-malware apps are FREE because their business model is to collect and sell datahttps://t.co/RjtbkSjcL1
— I audit fraud verif vendors for marketers ???? (@acfou) March 10, 2020