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Re:Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Download Onavo, Facebook’s Vampi... by BuildTheRobots on Monday February 12, 2018 @08:37PM (#16364066)
Apart from tunnelling all traffic, Has anyone checked to see how malicious the Onavo installer is? The pessimist in me expects SSL root certs and even keylogg-e-r-s - apologies, dictionary personalisation profiles.
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Re:Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Download Onavo, Facebook’s Vampi... by mankash666 on Monday February 12, 2018 @08:45PM (#16364098)
Why do you suspect the Onavo installer to be malicious?
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Re:Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Download Onavo, Facebook’s Vampi... by eganist on Monday February 12, 2018 @08:50PM (#16364121)
Other practices like https://www.fastcompany.com/40451455/facebook-is-spying-on-y...
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Re:Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Download Onavo, Facebook’s Vampi... by BuildTheRobots on Monday February 12, 2018 @08:54PM (#16364147)
That (distrust in general) but also the fact it seems to be sold as a "Protection" service - which, if you look at a decent number of "secure browsers" tends to involve protecting you from encrypted sites.
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