We recently published a report with the University of New South Wales and the University of Berkeley has revealed that these apps are not as secure as they make out to be.

The first analysis of its kind, the report looked at 283 Android VPN apps, investigating a wide range of security and privacy features.VPN facts from the study

Alarmingly, the report uncovered that not only did 18 per cent of the apps fail to encrypt users’ traffic but 38 per cent injected malware or malvertising – software designed to damage or gain access to the users’ information. The very reason users install these apps – to protect their data – is the very function they are not performing and these apps have been installed by tens of millions of users.

And what’s more, the report found that over 80 per cent of apps requested to access sensitive data such as user accounts and text messages.

While most of the examined apps offer (some form of) online anonymity, some app developers deliberately sought to collect personal user information that could then be sold on to external partners.

https://blog.csiro.au/tinker-torrentor-streamer-spy-vpn-privacy-alert/ Also see: Flurry, The Company That Tracks More Phones Than Google Or Facebook” and you’ve probably never even heard of them. http://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/post/65616918121