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Here’s a link to the Onavo app from Facebook https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo#Privacy_concerns https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo#Privacy_concerns
by dfee 6y ago
Here’s a link to the Onavo app from Facebook
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo#Privacy_concerns https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo#Privacy_concerns
- onli 6y agoNo mention of sideloading in that link, instead it mentions a Play Store and an App Store listing. It's almost as if there is a lot of dangerous crap in those stores as well...
- ipython 6y agoExpand the “Facebook research” section.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI have conflicted feelings about "Facebook Research", but where I always end up is this: if citizens of a free society want to give away their data in exchange for a couple extra dollars a month, they should have that ability in a free society. People can and should be educated of the risks so they can make informed decisions, but trying to stop it is ultimately a fruitless errand (Even as Facebook is a pile a scum, don't misunderstand me.) And it's all somewhat beside the point, isn't it? Facebook Research was usable on iOS. By the time Apple put an end to it, the backlash had become so significant that Facebook pulled the program from Android anyway.
- saagarjha 6y agoThe real problem I think is that it is extremely hard to get users to understand what exactly they are signing up for when they do that…