Russian and Chinese network fingerprints were found in both free Android and iOS VPN apps
Twelve free VPN services available on the official Google Play and Apple App Store may have links with Russia, and six with China.
These are the findings from security researchers at Comparitech, who analyzed 24 VPNs and found Russian and Chinese network fingerprints on a total of 12 apps. Two of them (Turbo VPN, VPN Proxy Master) also include Chinese or Russian SDKs (software development kits) that, according to experts, “are clear indicators that the SDK was intentionally bundled into the app.”
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