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Re:Facebook is pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within it... by peterkelly on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @10:39PM (#16381746)
"Like other VPNs, it acts as a secure connection to protect people from potentially harmful sites."

Ah, no... that's not what a VPN is for

"The app may collect your mobile data traffic to help us recognize tactics that bad actors use"

So, competitors?

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Re:Facebook is pushing its data-tracking Onavo VPN within it... by RandomCSGeek on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:30AM (#16382614)
VPN has always been marketed as a silver bullet that protects you from all the evil that exists on the Internet. Only if people were little more aware about how it works, they'd not fall prey to such tricks.

That said, as we discuss this of HN, there will be millions out there falling prey to FB.

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