After taking too much toll on the security and privacy of Onavo VPN users, Facebook is turning off the application. In addition, the company said it will also terminate unpaid market research practices, according to TechCrunch.
Onavo’s analysis that allowed Facebook to study WhatsApp and later to end up buying the company
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Onavo’s VPN allowed Facebook to monitor user activity between applications. This gave Facebook a great advantage in identifying new trends within the mobile ecosystem. This means that Facebook could quantify the change of access between applications. Also, which new applications are most sought after by Onavo VPN users. The VPN app’s own privacy policy says this: “looks at how you use applications”. And “provides market analysis and other services to affiliates and third parties.
Among the data collected, was also amount of use of WiFi per app, device and country, as well as mobile data. According to Buzzfeed, Onavo’s analysis has allowed Facebook to study WhatsApp and then end up buying the company that manages the application.
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