A new report revealed that many VPN apps, blocking popular ads on Android and iOS, have secretly collected data for millions of users in favor of Sensor Tower, a popular analytics platform.
Sensor Tower has run at least 20 applications, including: VPN (ad-hoc) apps and ad blockers, the main purpose of which was to collect user data without their knowledge, and these apps - which have not revealed their connection to the company It has more than 35 million downloads.
Once installed, these applications require users to install the root certificate, which is a small file that allows access to web activity and data that passes over the phone, which is not allowed by both Apple and Google applications, but developers have used a simple vulnerability to overcome this.
The apps announced so far include:
1-(Adblock Focus): Available for Android and iOS.
2-(Free and Unlimited VPN) app: Available for Android.
3-(Luna VPN): Available for Android and iOS.
4-(Mobile Data) application: available for Android.
So please make sure to delete it quickly.
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