Comments on: #AxisOfEasy 158: Hundreds Of Smartphone Apps Sell Your Location Data To Government Connected Data Firms https://axisofeasy.com/aoe/axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms Rapid Coverage of a World Gone Full Cyberpunk Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jim Wilkes https://axisofeasy.com/aoe/axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms/#comment-29806 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 22:21:20 +0000 https://axisofeasy.com/?p=22174#comment-29806 I believe the quote in #159 is by someone known more for his fables than his philosophy — Aesop

]]> By: Andrew Chung https://axisofeasy.com/aoe/axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms/#comment-29720 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:16:20 +0000 https://axisofeasy.com/?p=22174#comment-29720 The quote for #158 was penned by Ward Churchill.

]]> By: John Robinson https://axisofeasy.com/aoe/axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=axisofeasy-158-hundreds-of-smartphone-apps-sell-your-location-data-to-government-connected-data-firms/#comment-29719 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 02:17:26 +0000 https://axisofeasy.com/?p=22174#comment-29719 Two years ago I subscribed to Proton VPN. A year later I reviewed Proton Email, contacted their customer support to ask a few questions. I was given incorrect information and inadvertently ordered ProtonMail. My card was charged immediately. I contacted customer support and a week later received a reply from an anonymous agent that the only way my card could be charged is if I ordered. I was polite but insisted they cancel the order and refund me the charge. They anonymous staff became very unpleasant. Two days later my email account was suddenly suspended…however so was my VPN account. I tried to contact customer support and was told they only deal with registered users. I told them my email address was one they suspended and asked them to reinstate the VPN service and free Email account. The last reply I received is that I was trying to defraud them and I’ve never heard from them since. I still had more than one year of VPN service that had been prepaid.

As such, it’s rather hypocritical of Proton Technologies AG CEO Andy Yen to accuse other entities of being anti-competitive, exploitive and holding others hostage when their actions towards their own customers are parallel.

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