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Source: David Peterson, Proton VPN General Manager.
ProtonVPN
Mulvad VPN
CalyxVPN
RiseUpVPN
PIA VPN
Proton has 1 tracker, while the others have 0.
PIA has GPS location permissions, though.
Edit. All links go to the Exodus Project page for those products. The same site that the David P post uses
Edit 2. Some (including Proton) have camera permission, and I don't understand why a VPN app would need access to my camera.
Its unfortunate they really only name and shame random shovelware vpns it looks like. So it feels difficult to tell whether their points apply to any other real options people have heard of before...
Its a good thing they posted them on inaccessible Xitter in a confusing as fuck "thread" instead of their own God damn website...
Surely it's too hard to upload a spreadsheet on the internet.
Some people just have to complain about everything. Maybe a specific excel format?