Make sure your VPN on Android does not collect personal data

The team of technicians with The Best VPN resource decided to find out how safe are the most popular VPN application from Google Play. A total of 81 tested the application of this type.

researchers testedThe permissions required by the program during installation. It was found that 50 VPN-application from the list are trying to gain access to confidential data user, including take place requests for information on the location, condition devaysa read the contact list, the log and the content store Android.

As a result of VPN was recognized as the most unsafe applications:

• Yoga VPN,
• proXPN,
• Dash VPN,
• Seed4.Me,
• OvpnSpider,
• SwitchVPN,
• hola,
• ZoogVPN.

This is not surprising, because all of them are free. A free VPN-services almost necessary for survival sell data member third parties, such as advertisers.

Least of all suspicious permissions requested programs such as TorGuard, Astrill VPN and LiquidVPN. This premium services, which will have to be used to issue a permanent membership.

The full results of the study can be found in

PivotTable. She will let you know how safe it is used by your application. Note that VPN-service requests to access the contents SD-cards, messages or contact list, it looks very doubtful.

You can also test the application on their own. Open Android Settings and go to the list of installed programs. Select the desired and click "Application Permissions". Here you can see the list of functions that the program wants to access and disable all suspicious.