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Regardless, theres no reason to let proXPN (or any other VPN) access your phone calls, track your every footstep and write to your SD card when its limited number of servers cant even get you to stream Netflix.

So before you trust that highly-rated VPN with a million installs on the Google Play Store, know that theres a list of shady Android VPNs that grab more permissions than they actually need, putting your privacy at risk.

All the research boils down to each apps number of normal permissions and dangerous permissions.

Normal permissions are usually granted by Android -- they let apps stay awake during use or get online when you tell them to.

Like when an app asks for general location data to check whether a public Wi-Fi network is trusted.

But sometimes dangerous permissions include unnecessary requests, like when an app wants to be able to change your system settings, read your list of phone calls, or pinpoint your exact location.

Yoga VPN: 6 dangerous permissions Yoga tops the list with six requests for dangerous permissions, including reading your phone state.

It wants to know your phone number, what cell network youre on, and whether youre on a call.

Why do they need this data Thats hard to say, given Yogas 373-word privacy policy somehow includes both claims of we do not collect your personal information and we may collect your information when you communicate with us.

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You should already be avoiding free VPNs no matter where you find them.

That holds true for Yoga, which found itself in Top10VPNs analysis of free apps with too few privacy protections.

But for Yoga to really find itself, it would have to know where its headquarters are.

Wed help, but we havent been able to find out either since it has not yet responded to our request for comment.

ExpressVPN: Speed, security and price compared proXPN VPN: 5 dangerous permissions Yes, this VPN offers unlimited data transfer and connection time.

And yes, it has a zero-log policy (at least after two weeks, when the logs are supposedly torched).

Any VPN based out of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand -- the so-called Five Eyes intelligence community -- should generally be avoided if youre looking to max out your privacy.

Five Eyes openly calls for what most people consider an end to online privacy via the installation of government backdoor access into private communication technology.

But the first question was whether the company was still operating.

The app hasnt been updated on Google Play since 2017, the companys two Twitter handles have been dead since 2018, many of its sites security certificates have been expired since March, a growing number of user reviews complain about being unable to connect, and of the two public phone numbers listed, one is no longer in operation and the other is no longer accepting messages.

Ian Kline, who heads up proXPN customer service and technical support, did respond and said the company is still assisting customers via Facebook and email.

Regarding the proXPN app, there were no updates on the app which is the client-side since we are already working on our servers.

We have plans to update the official app soon, he said in an email.

I asked Kline about proXPNs risky permissions, and he said: Those permissions are needed for the UI to update the location only on the map shown as well as when locking the phone and when updating server locations, Kline said in the email.

If you dont prefer to use the official app you can use the official OpenVPN client which is available in the app store or the official IPsec client from Strongswan if you prefer on using IPsecIKEv2 VPN.