FIVE VPN APPS IN THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APP STORE HAD LINKS TO CHINESE MILITARY

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A joint investigation by the Tech Transparency Project and the Financial Times found that at least five VPN apps present in both the App Store and Google Play store had links to a company associated with the Chinese military. Three of the apps have racked up more than a million downloads. The five apps cited were Turbo VPN, VPN Proxy Master, Thunder VPN, Snap VPN, and Signal Secure VPN (unaffiliated with the messaging app).