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Onavo was founded in 2010 and acquired by Facebook in 2013. It developed a VPN service that collected data on other apps' usage, which sparked controversy and legal action.
Feb 21, 2019 · Facebook will stop using Onavo VPN app to collect data about users' mobile activity and will end its market research programs that paid users to install spyware. The move comes after TechCrunch exposed how Onavo code was used in a Facebook Research app that violated Apple's rules and exploited teens.
Mar 26, 2024 · Court documents reveal how Facebook used Onavo's VPN technology to decrypt and analyze Snapchat traffic from 2016 to 2019. The program, code-named "Project Ghostbusters", was part of an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook.
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Jul 16, 2023 · The company acquired Onavo, a virtual private network software app, in 2013 for about $US200 million ($292 million) and marketed it to users as a way to “keep you and your data safe” by keeping...
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Oct 15, 2013 · Onavo helps users save data and money by compressing and analyzing app usage. It could also play a role in Facebook's Internet.org project to provide universal access to the Internet.
Feb 22, 2019 · Facebook Shuts Down Onavo VPN. It violated the rules on Apple's app store and then got used in another form to spy on individuals in return for $20 per month.
Feb 24, 2019 · Facebook will shut down its Onavo VPN app and end its unpaid market research programs in response to the latest privacy scandal involving the social network.
