Earlier this year, the Tech Transparency Project published a report stating that more than 20 out of the top 100 free VPNs on US app stores showed evidence of Chinese ownership.
After TTP published its report, Apple removed some of the allegedly Chinese-owned apps from the App Store, but others remained. To further investigate the remaining VPN apps’ ties to China and Russia, Comparitech researchers decompiled the app APKs and checked for network fingerprints.
In total, Comparitech analyzed 24 VPN apps provided on iOS and Android. You can find more details on what was found here: https://www.comparitech.com/news/a-deeper-dive-into-the-china-and-russia-linked-vpns-on-ios-and-android/
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China and Russia-linked VPNs on iOS and Android
Earlier this year, the Tech Transparency Project published a report stating that more than 20 out of the top 100 free VPNs on US app stores showed evidence of Chinese ownership.
After TTP published its report, Apple removed some of the allegedly Chinese-owned apps from the App Store, but others remained. To further investigate the remaining VPN apps’ ties to China and Russia, Comparitech researchers decompiled the app APKs and checked for network fingerprints.
In total, Comparitech analyzed 24 VPN apps provided on iOS and Android. You can find more details on what was found here: https://www.comparitech.com/news/a-deeper-dive-into-the-china-and-russia-linked-vpns-on-ios-and-android/
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