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I am fully aware of what vpn services to use and not. I am not using Express VPN, I am simply doing research for a master thesis, when I came across these results from Express VPN. If you have any ideas or corrections, please let me know why a VPN provider would need to have access to these permissions.

Screenshot is from Exodus service, which let's you view what exactly perimissions and trackers each app uses. You can check out the results and the tool for yourself here: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.expressvpn.vpn/latest/

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[โ€“] LunchEnjoyer 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hahah thats me! :P (lemmy is a small world) My main focus is most likely going to be free vpn's and the risk of using them. I have to limit the scope quite a bit and want to cover areas that are not that well properly documented... yet..

But thanks for the tips! I will defo read up on it and see wheter or not I can have a "alternatives" section towards the end.

Edit -> This research paper might feed your temporary needs :P https://www.usenix.org/system/files/usenixsecurity23-ramesh-vpn.pdf

[โ€“] MigratingtoLemmy 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks, downloaded! Keep up the excellent work!