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> Victims that were being paid to participate I believe you might be referring to what happened in 2019? [1] This is a separate issue. [2] I do clarify this i
by haxrob 2y ago
> Victims that were being paid to participate
I believe you might be referring to what happened in 2019? [1]
This is a separate issue. [2]
I do clarify this in the blog post, although it might be better to move the relevant text near the introduction rather then in the middle of the post.
EDIT: I have also added a remark to the post that it is not clear if all users were MITM'd or just a subset
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-sn...
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- eightysixfour 2y agoI think what is missing is a timeline and clarity about the actual steps users had to take. 1) Onavo was a (free?) VPN app acquired by FB in 2014. Facebook used it to collect “market research data.” People chose to download this, but thought it was a security product. 2) At some point (it looks like 2016?) they launched an iOS app called Research, using the same tech, which required users to install a certificate meant for internal Facebook employees. They paid these users to monitor their traffic. Are you saying that the MITM was happening for users of (1) or (2) or both?