On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 at 11:33, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Onavo is a VPN feature that Facebook offers. > > It turns out that Facebook spies on this VPN traffic. And, once > installed, spies on your traffic even if the VPN is turned off! > > Wow. > > I don't think that it works on Linux (except Android Linux). > > < > https://www.findvpn.com/facebook-onavo-vpn-collects-user-data-even-when-it-is-disabled/ > > > < > https://gizmodo.com/do-not-i-repeat-do-not-download-onavo-facebook-s-vam-1822937825 > > > < > https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-onavo-vpn-within-its-main-mobile-app/ > > > > (My daughter pointed this out to me.) > Lovely. On the happier end of the spectrum, Firefox has an extension to combat Facebook data collection. https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/facebook-container-extension/ -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
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