
Another log on the fire.
"82 per cent of the VPN apps requested permission to access sensitive data on the device, such as SMS history."
So, 18 per cent less than other Android apps? I know 82% should seem horrible, but it doesn't.
This is from that .pdf, which might be of interest to some...
"Two of the analyzed VPN apps actively block ads and analytics traffic by default on our tested websites: Secure Wireless and F-Secure Free-dome VPN. The apps did not explicitly mention ad-blocking feature in the Google Play store listings. An analysis of the decompiled source code, using ApkTool, revealed that F-Secure Freedome VPN app blocks any traffic coming from a pre-defined list of domains associated with web and mobile tracking including Google Ads, DoubleClick, and other popular tagging/analytics services such as Google Tag and comScore."