Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Facebook continues to do anything they can to build data profiles on users. This week it was revealed that they shifted their Onavo efforts to a new "research" project where they targeted 13-35 year olds via 3rd party market research companies.
Users where then guided to installed a customer application that provided deep access to their data. For this they were compensated about $20/month.
Ethics aside. Apple developer policies aside. Is $20/month worth trading off your privacy for?
References:
- Josh Constantine for TechCrunch on the initial VPN app scheme, techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas
- details on Apple's enterprise application options, developer.apple.com/business/integrate
- Josh again on Apple's reaction to the situation, techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/apple-bans-facebook-vpn
- Yael Grauer for Motherboard on the data broker industry, motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpx3w/what-are-data-brokers-and-how-to-stop-my-private-data-collection
- research from Trend Micro on the cybercriminal underground which includes a lot of specific price points for data, trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercriminal-underground-economy-series
// MWM Y2 no. 008
Facebook continues to do anything they can to build data profiles on users. This week it was revealed that they shifted their Onavo efforts to a new "research" project where they targeted 13-35 year olds via 3rd party market research companies.
Users where then guided to installed a customer application that provided deep access to their data. For this they were compensated about $20/month.
Ethics aside. Apple developer policies aside. Is $20/month worth trading off your privacy for?
References:
- Josh Constantine for TechCrunch on the initial VPN app scheme, techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas
- details on Apple's enterprise application options, developer.apple.com/business/integrate
- Josh again on Apple's reaction to the situation, techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/apple-bans-facebook-vpn
- Yael Grauer for Motherboard on the data broker industry, motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpx3w/what-are-data-brokers-and-how-to-stop-my-private-data-collection
- research from Trend Micro on the cybercriminal underground which includes a lot of specific price points for data, trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cybercriminal-underground-economy-series
// MWM Y2 no. 008
