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Proxy Pirates: The Scoop on 28 Android Apps Hijacking Your VPN Experience
Free Android VPN apps were caught red-handed, turning phones into sneaky residential proxies. It’s like a digital Russian doll, but instead of cute, it’s criminal. Play Store’s “nope” list just got longer.
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Who knew that VPN stood for "Very Probable Nefariousness"? In the latest game of digital Whack-a-Malware, Android users find out their "free VPN" apps are more interested in proxying than privacy. And surprise, surprise, they're potentially linked to our friendly neighborhood Russian cyber-unscrupulousness. Google played bouncer and kicked them all out of the Play Store, but like a bad case of digital déjà vu, some are baaack. Remember kids, there's no such thing as a free lunch... or a free VPN, apparently.
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