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This is just like when Facebook wanted to handle all of your iOS traffic via a VPN app for "secure Internet" reasons. "Trust us, you have nothing to worry about

This is just like when Facebook wanted to handle all of your iOS traffic via a VPN app for "secure Internet" reasons. "Trust us, you have nothing to worry about, your traffic is safe with us" and then they were caught analyzing traffic data of all apps other than Messenger or Facebook. Yeah. "Trust"

MasterScrat 8y ago
> they were caught analyzing traffic data of all apps Source?
- iancarroll 8y ago
  Onavo has been a critical part of Facebook's recent startup acquisitions, and the data they had was very powerful. "The tool shaped Facebook's decision to buy WhatsApp and informed its live-video strategy, they say. Facebook used Onavo to build its early-bird tool that tips it off to promising services and that helped Facebook home in on Houseparty." https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/13/facebook-knew-about-snap-struggles-through-app-tracking/ https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/13/facebook-knew-about-snap... https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/the-new-copycats-how-facebook-squashes-2 https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/the-new-copycats-how-fa...
sp332 8y ago
In this case they do actually have a contract in place. So there could be real penalties if they violate the privacy agreement.