Russian authorities say VPN services allow users to bypass state-imposed restrictions and access foreign platforms and content that have been blocked ...

Google Play, Android's official app store, is now tagging VPN apps with an 'independent security reviews' badge if they conducted an independent security audit of their software and platform.

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Today, Google announced the rollout of a Google Play VPN badge system, a simple way to check the integrity of a VPN app. Strangely, this is now the third time Google has announced this. Of the ...

A Russian court fined Alphabet’s Google over 22 million roubles for distributing VPN services on the Google Play store, according to TASS and Reuters reports. Authorities say Google distributed VPN ...

Google is introducing a new banner in the Google Play store for specific app types. The banner will inform the user what apps have received an independent security review. The banner will first start ...

Russia has fined U.S. tech giant Google ( GOOG) ( GOOGL) 22M rubles, which converts to about $300,000, for making VPN apps available on its Play store, the country's state-owned news outlet TASS ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

One aspect of the Data Safety section that the Play Store introduced last year is the ability to feature “Independent security reviews.” Google Play is more prominently surfacing that badge when you ...

When VPN by Google rolled out to older Pixel phones in June, the Pixel Tablet was excluded, though that might be changing. Officially, this Pixel-exclusive VPN is available for the Pixel 7 and newer.