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> As of Monday morning, half of the top ten free apps in Apple's app download charts in the UK appeared to be for VPN services. > Proton VPN, an app offered by
by aprilnya 10mo ago
> As of Monday morning, half of the top ten free apps in Apple's app download charts in the UK appeared to be for VPN services.
> Proton VPN, an app offered by Swiss privacy tech firm Proton, told the BBC it had seen a 1800% spike in UK daily sign-ups over the weekend after age check rules took effect on Friday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn72ydj70g5o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn72ydj70g5o
- cedws 10mo agoLast I checked, many of the top free VPNs on the App Store were dodgy no-name ones that probably funnel traffic through Russia. Well done UK government you saved the children.
- pixelmelt 10mo agoThe dodgy ones actually usually use you as an exit node for other users traffic as well as selling your connection commercially as a residential proxy
- hodgesrm 10mo agoMarketing network security products is usually hard. Not any more. The practical effect of these so-called protection laws is to break shit across the entire Internet.