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Are you thinking of Cambridge Analytica? That was a British company, not Israeli.

• storus 1y ago
  No, CA was later. This incident was earlier in FB's lifecycle.
  • varenc 1y ago
    Would love a link to this story if you find it.
    • berm_ 1y ago
      It might be related to this [2015] but that was a hoax. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9374028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9374028
      • storus 1y ago
        No, it was something else but I can't find it via HN search anymore. I think it was in 2013-2014, which is timeframe when I deleted my FB account (that for some reason kept living for many years as I was told).
        • jazzyjackson 1y ago
          Onavo VPN maybe? 2018 Onavo Protect, the VPN client from the data-security app maker acquired by Facebook back in 2013, has now popped up in the Facebook iOS app itself, under the banner “Protect” in the navigation menu. Clicking through on “Protect” will redirect Facebook users to the “Onavo Protect – VPN Security” app’s listing on the App Store. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-onavo-vpn-within-its-main-mobile-app/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-it...