Free Vpn Apps On Google Play Turned Android Phones Into Proxies - RedPacket Security (www.redpacketsecurity.com)

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Over 15 free VPN apps on Google Play were found using a malicious software development kit that turned Android devices into unwitting residential proxies,

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[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 7 months ago

I am surprised it isn't more of them

[-] pop@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

These are from the playstore. There's probably a lot more of these in alt stores.

this post was submitted on 27 Mar 2024

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