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Edit: 2 cent review of ublock, having it installed for about an hour, it's okay, seems to block most ads, no complaints, and my browser does seem a bit faster without adblock and with it. However, the Adblock Focus and Luna VPN apps use a lot of the same imagery. Thanks for making us aware of the alternatives, hadn't heard of ublock, either really.

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Each of these were the only apps associated with those developers.īoth Apple and Google require that all developers have a website to which an app's listing can link to, and all three of these companies presented bare-bones websites, although some of the websites' names didn't match what was listed in the app stores.īuzzFeed News didn't list any other apps created by Sensor Tower, and we weren't able to tell whether the company had any other apps in either the iOS or Android app stores. and Mobile Data and Free and Unlimited VPN by Gibli Mobile. Luna VPN's developer is listed as Emban Networks Adblock Focus by Orbital Software, Inc. None of the apps mention Sensor Tower in their descriptions in the Android or iOS app stores.

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Instead, users are apparently tricked into installing the root certificates after installation.īuzzFeed News showed how a pop-up window in the Luna VPN iOS app offered to block ads in YouTube if the user clicked 'OK,' the app would install the root certificate. Sensor Tower allegedly got past Apple and Google's app screeners by not putting the root certificate in the versions of the apps that users download from the stores. Installing a root certificate would likely violate both stores' terms of use. That might not be enough to keep the apps in the Google Play and Apple App stores.

It's fast, safe, and simple, and the browser itself is really nice. It's one of the greatest and most underrated browsers out there. Perhaps surprisingly, a Sensor Tower representative confirmed the apps' hidden abilities, but insisted that all user data fed to Sensor Tower's clients was aggregated and anonymized so that individual users might not be identified. Use brave, a browser with an adblocker and VPN built in. An Apple spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that several other apps associated with Sensor Tower had earlier been removed from the App Store, but didn't name them. As the old adage goes, if you're not the customer, then you're the product.īuzzFeed News said Sensor Tower had created at least 20 smartphone apps with at least 35 million downloads since 2015. Our general advice is to not use any VPN mobile app that offers totally free, unlimited service, because it's got to make money some other way, and the quickest is by collecting and selling user behavioural patterns.

If you have one of these apps installed, you should obviously remove it. Three screens from the Adblock Focus listing in the Google Play app store.

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