A new alleges that 18 of the 100 most-downloaded virtual private network (VPN) apps on the Google Play Store are secretly connected in three large families, despite claiming to be independent providers. The paper doesn’t indict any of our picks for the , but the services it investigates are popular, with 700 million collective downloads on Android alone. The study, …
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VPNs top App Store charts as UK age verification kick in
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images Virtual private network (VPN) apps have become the most downloaded on Apple’s App Store in the UK after sites such as PornHub, Reddit and X began requiring age verification of users on Friday. VPNs can disguise your location online – allowing you to use the internet as though you are in another country. It …
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Cutting corners: When the United Kingdom began strictly enforcing age verification rules on all adult websites, many predicted a spike in VPN usage – and provider Proton now has the data to prove it. But another unusual and amusing workaround has also emerged. Proton VPN reported a 1,400% increase in logins from the UK on Friday. The company attributed the …
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