Chinese firm banned by U.S. is shady entity behind a clutch of free VPN apps—with over 1M downloads.
Apple and Google are under fire for failing to vet the ownership of at least 20 #VPN apps. Researchers have fingered #Qihoo360 as the entity behind at least five of them—the company is banned from the U.S. for its links to the Chinese military. The other 15 are also China owned, but keep it a secret.
#Apple is getting the worst of the criticism, thanks to its infamous privacy promise. In #SBBlogwatch, we don’t think it’s worth the paper it’s printed on. @TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/04/app-stores-oked-vpns-run-by-china-pla/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc