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Do you trust Xi with your 'private' browsing data? Apple and Google app stores still offer China-based VPNs. (www.techtransparencyproject.org)

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The Apple and Google app stores continue to offer private browsing apps that are surreptitiously owned by Chinese companies, more than six weeks after they were identified in a Tech Transparency Project report. Apple and Google may also be profiting from these apps, which put Americans’ privacy and U.S. national security at risk, TTP found.

The apps are virtual private networks (VPNs), which promise to mask a user’s identity as they browse the internet. But Chinese-owned VPNs raise serious privacy and security concerns for Americans because Chinese companies can be forced to share user data with the Chinese government under the country’s national security laws. VPNs have access to particularly sensitive user data since they see all of a person’s web activity.

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[–] FreedomAdvocate 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What’s China going to do with your data? Far less than your own country can.

If the choice is between China and your own country, China every day.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That is until they have enough data to be able to sabotage a major part of your country's infrastructure and use it as a bargaining chip to exploit your country, then it won't be less damage. Its just theoretical, but we know that's one of the reason any country collect data from another country's citizens.

Just weigh the risks every time instead of defaulting to a position of China all the time.

[–] Pirate@feddit.org 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

China hasn't revealed itself to be Cthulhu, unlike the US or Russia. So for me yes, it's China at every turn unless a local option exists.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What does that even mean?

[–] Pirate@feddit.org 3 points 16 hours ago

It means I trust China more than the US.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I don't see a problem here. Capitalism has already done this. At least they have competition.

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 0 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

My problem is his general conclusion to always prefer China. Making predetermined decision without considering the situation you're in is kinda stupid.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But that's not the choice

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

You don’t think it is, but yeah it pretty much is. The only VPN company I know of who has proven in court that they don’t keep logs is PIA.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

So choose PIA lol

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 3 hours ago

I have been using PIA for the last like 10 years :)

The point was that you’re not going to have the CCP come knocking on your door to arrest you unless you live in china, whereas your own country’s government could.