After blocking Telegram, Russian authorities are now restricting access to custom proxy and VPN apps on Apple's App Store.

The Chinese government has long banned the use of VPN apps, which many of its citizens used to avoid government surveillance of their online activities. Back in 2017, Apple was forced to remove ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pressing Apple and Google to pull Chinese-owned VPN applications from their app stores, warning that tools marketed as privacy shields may instead funnel ...

Salon has affiliate partnerships, which means we may get a share of the revenue from purchases made through links on this article. If you own an iPhone in 2025, you know that you hold a powerful ...

The App Store hosted a number of VPN apps with ties to a Chinese military-affiliated company sanctioned by the US, with millions of downloads between them all. Users are often warned of the dangers of ...

DuckDuckGo VPN offers solid speeds, strong privacy features and easy integration, but missing tools hold it back from the ...

X-VPN offers a strong free plan, solid privacy protections, and reliable geo-unblocking. However, slower speeds mean it doesn't match the fastest VPN rivals.

At least five VPN apps in the App Store were found to have links to the Chinese military, according to a new report today. Three of them have racked up more than a million downloads. A subsidiary of ...

Regional restrictions are a pain, and with ISPs playing fast and loose with customer data, it's natural to want some protection. Proton has officially launched its VPN app on Apple TV to help users do ...

Apple users of free virtual private networks, or VPNs, may be exposing sensitive data to the Chinese government, as a report by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) shows that several popular VPN ...

Ten of the top 100 virtual private network (VPN) apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play are covertly owned by Chinese companies that may put user privacy in danger, researchers are warning. It's ...