Too Long; Didn't Read
After big names like Whatsapp, Snapchat, and Facebook, VPNs are the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2017/03/25/snapchat-most-searched-app-store-app/#7982288110b7" target="_blank">most searched-for applications</a> in the world. “VPN” is the second-highest non-branded search term behind “games”, and free apps completely dominate the search results. The most popular applications have amassed hundreds of millions of installs between them worldwide, yet there seems to be very little attention paid to the companies behind them, and very little scrutiny done on behalf of the marketplaces hosting them.