Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even if they don't use it

Posted by epipping on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:03AM
from the independent.co.uk dept.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-know-smartphones-activity-what-do-not-use-social-network-account-media-privacy-security-a7892761.html

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Re:Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even... by merricksb on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:34AM (#15147809)

Discussed 18 days ago (270 points/96 comments):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15007454

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Re:Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even... by epipping on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:42AM (#15147860)

I found it hard to believe nobody would've posted this before but couldn't find it under the original title. Thanks for paying attention.

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Re:Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even... by xenophonf on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:30AM (#15147785)

TL;DR - Facebook is running a free VPN service named Onavo Protect, which Facebook uses to monitor mobile users' network activity.

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Re:Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even... by dsfyu404ed on Friday September 01, 2017 @08:33AM (#15147806)

I like to see these articles on MSM sites but I really wish there was a little more doom and gloom about how these capabilities could be abused. Fear drives change.

If FB decides that adultery is the worst thing in the world they could easily drop hints in the right places to screw over people who do that. What's worse is that they could generalize for anything they don't like. If Zuck decides to buy an ISP or three net-neutrality could be the thing they go after.

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