diff --git a/data/providers/dream-downloader-vpn.yml b/data/providers/dream-downloader-vpn.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..381ea7a --- /dev/null +++ b/data/providers/dream-downloader-vpn.yml @@ -0,0 +1,238 @@ +# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://fineprint.peng.ly/schema/provider.json +name: VPN - Proxy Master (Dream Downloader) +icon: dream-downloader-vpn.png +checked: 2026-11-12 + +criteria: + identity: + website: + value: https://dreamdownloader.net + note: >- + Its developer's site, which also sells a business card scanner. The privacy policy and terms call the app + VPNBite, and it has nothing to do with Secureguard's VPN Proxy Master. + sources: [home, terms] + legal_entity: + value: Dream Downloader Infotech Ltd. + note: >- + In 2021 the App Store named the seller as FITACK Technologies Private Limited, under the same developer name + and policy links. + sources: [terms, lookup, app-store-2021] + owner: + value: null + sources: [contact] + founded: + value: 2019 + sources: [lookup] + team: + value: anonymous + note: The site, policy, terms and listing name nobody behind the company. + sources: [contact, terms, app-store-eu] + sister_brands: + value: [] + note: Dream Downloader's other apps are a sticker maker, a GIF maker and a business card scanner. + sources: [developer-apps] + acquisitions: + value: [] + sources: [lookup, app-store-2021] + + jurisdiction: + hq: + value: BD + sources: [contact, app-store-eu] + entities: + value: null + note: Its EU trader details give a Dhaka address and a DUNS number, but no registration number. + sources: [app-store-eu] + + logging: + traffic: + value: none + evidence: claimed + sources: [policy] + dns: + value: none + evidence: claimed + sources: [policy] + timestamps: + value: null + note: >- + The policy says connection and disconnection events sit in server logs that are deleted "after a short + period", without saying how long. + sources: [policy] + bandwidth: + value: null + note: The policy logs how much data you transfer and deletes it "after a short period", without saying how long. + sources: [policy] + source_ip: + value: null + note: The policy logs the IP address you connect from and deletes it "after a short period", without saying how long. + sources: [policy] + proven: + value: [] + policy: + value: https://dreamdownloader.net/api/vpn/privacy.php + sources: [policy] + + transparency: + audits: + value: [] + report: + value: none + sources: [home] + canary: + value: none + sources: [home] + bug_bounty: + value: false + sources: [home] + incidents: + value: [] + + account: + email: + value: none + note: The listing says no registration or login is needed. + sources: [app-store] + personal_data: + value: [] + sources: [policy] + payment: + value: [app_store] + note: Only sold through in-app purchases on the App Store. + sources: [terms] + + security: + protocols: + value: [ikev2] + evidence: claimed + sources: [app-store] + post_quantum: + value: null + kill_switch: + value: null + dns: + value: null + + infra: + ram_only: + value: null + hosting: + value: null + note: The policy says the servers are under its "exclusive control", but not whether it owns or rents them. + sources: [policy] + virtual_locations: + value: null + servers: + value: null + note: The listing only promises "global" servers. + sources: [app-store] + countries: + value: null + + features: + connections: + value: null + multihop: + value: null + obfuscation: + value: null + port_forwarding: + value: null + split_tunnel: + value: null + blocking: + value: null + + clients: + platforms: + value: [ios] + note: iPhone and iPad, and the same app runs on Apple silicon Macs and Vision Pro. + sources: [app-store] + open_source: + value: none + note: The app's source code isn't published. + telemetry: + value: null + note: >- + The app carries Firebase Analytics and AdMob, and the App Store label declares identifiers used to track you. + Nothing says whether the analytics can be turned off. + sources: [policy, app-store] + trackers: + value: null + grade: na + note: There's no Android app. + sources: [home, developer-apps] + fdroid: false + + pricing: + monthly: + value: null + note: >- + The 2021 listing priced the monthly plan at $11.99, and plans at that price are still listed, but today's + listing doesn't say which is monthly. + sources: [app-store, app-store-2021] + best: + value: null + note: >- + The listing shows a $49.99 "Yearly Premium" and a $7.99 weekly plan, alongside unlabelled plans from $4.99 to + $71.99. + sources: [app-store] + renewal_increase: + value: null + free_tier: + value: true + note: Free users get ads. + sources: [terms] + refund_days: + value: null + note: It's only sold through the App Store, so refunds follow Apple's process. + sources: [terms, apple-refund] + + ethics: + misleading_claims: + value: true + note: >- + The listing calls it the "most trusted VPN" for "untraceable web browsing", while the app carries ad and + tracking SDKs and the policy logs your IP address. + sources: [app-store, policy] + affiliates: + value: null + note: Dream Downloader doesn't say whether it pays anyone for sign-ups. + review_sites: + value: false + sources: [home, developer-apps] + activism: + value: false + sources: [home] + +refs: + home: + url: https://dreamdownloader.net/ + title: Dream Downloader home page + contact: + url: https://dreamdownloader.net/contact/ + title: Dream Downloader contact page (Dhaka mailing address) + policy: + url: https://dreamdownloader.net/api/vpn/privacy.php + title: VPNBite privacy policy, last updated 2026-08-26 (linked from the App Store listing) + terms: + url: https://dreamdownloader.net/api/vpn/terms.php + title: VPNBite terms of service, last updated 2026-08-26 + app-store: + url: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vpn-proxy-master/id1456731716 + title: VPN - Proxy Master on the App Store (description, in-app purchases, version history and privacy label) + app-store-eu: + url: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/vpn-proxy-master/id1456731716 + title: VPN - Proxy Master on the Irish App Store (EU trader details) + app-store-2021: + url: https://web.archive.org/web/20210223212433/https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vpn/id1456731716 + title: The App Store listing in February 2021 (Wayback Machine) + lookup: + url: https://itunes.apple.com/lookup?id=1456731716 + title: App Store lookup for VPN - Proxy Master (seller, release date, version) + developer-apps: + url: https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/dream-downloader-infotech-ltd/id1126686428 + title: Dream Downloader Infotech Ltd. on the App Store + apple-refund: + url: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118223 + title: Request a refund for apps or content that you bought from Apple diff --git a/static/icons/dream-downloader-vpn.png b/static/icons/dream-downloader-vpn.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..850e5d6 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/icons/dream-downloader-vpn.png differ