Google wants to help let you know exactly how safe that Android VPN you downloaded is | TechRadar

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• Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We’re supposed to trust… Google? Not just to fairly, objectively, and adequately test each service, but to not abandon this project in a year?

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  • nodsocket@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t worry. Even if they steal your browsing history now, they won’t in 12 months when the VPN shuts down.

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• Sabre363@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’m pretty sure Google will just say that whichever VPN let’s Google steal the most data is the “safest”.

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• KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I don’t believe that headline for a god damn second.

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• TurboLag@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  ITT: People that don’t know the difference between privacy and security.

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• Heresy_generator@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  VPN apps that have been audited in accordance with Mobile App Security Assessment (MASA) guidelines (the brainchild of the App Defense Alliance (ADA)) will now have a badge next to them that says 'Independent security review' in the Data Safety section.

  And who is this "App Defense Alliance"?

  Oh, hell no.

  Mission

  Ensuring the security and privacy of the app ecosystem. The App Defense Alliance is focused on protecting users by preventing threats from reaching their devices and improving app security and privacy quality across the ecosystem. The App Defense Alliance protects users of mobile and web applications, through industry recognized security standards, validation guidance and a certification scheme.

  "Unless you get your app certified by Google, Meta, and Microsoft it isn't safe."

  Oh, hell fucking no.

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