Free VPN apps found riddled with security flaws

A large-scale study of free virtual private network (VPN) apps has uncovered serious privacy and security risks that affect both consumers and enterprises.

The analysis, conducted by Zimperium zLabs, reviewed 800 VPN applications available for Android and iOS and found that many failed to deliver the protection users expect.

The report, A Deeper Dive: Unpacking the VPN Threat Landscape, showed that free VPN apps often expose users to more danger than they prevent. Among the issues discovered were outdated libraries, weak encryption practices, misleading privacy disclosures and dangerous permission requests that extend far beyond what a VPN should need.

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