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You mean like HolaVPN or Geosurf the “free VPN” applications that quite literally install a backdoor proxy on your phone or PC? The parent companies then sell a
by dreyfan 5y ago
You mean like HolaVPN or Geosurf the “free VPN” applications that quite literally install a backdoor proxy on your phone or PC? The parent companies then sell access to the proxies running on your devices as “residential proxies” and also sell access to your browsing history?
- CydeWeys 5y agoThat sounds pretty close to malware to me. Are you saying they aren't?
- dreyfan 5y agoI absolutely think that qualifies as malware, yes. Apps and browser extensions harvest PII all day and the owners of those platforms (apple, google, microsoft, mozilla) do absolutely nothing to prevent it.
- texasbigdata 5y agoI mean, is it just the obfuscation of the privacy policy? If the user was told up front would that still make it malware?