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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › OnavoOnavo - Wikipedia

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   Onavo, Inc. was an Israeli mobile web analytics company that was purchased by Facebook, Inc. (now Meta Platforms), who changed the company's name to Facebook Israel.

2. www.theverge.com › 2024/3/26 › 24112930Court documents reveal how Facebook’s Onavo VPN tracked ...

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   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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4. techcrunch.com › 2019/02/21 › facebook-removes-onavoFacebook will shut down its spyware VPN app Onavo | TechCrunch

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   Feb 21, 2019 · Facebook will end its unpaid market research programs and proactively take its Onavo VPN app off the Google Play store in the wake of backlash following.

5. www.techradar.com › computing › cyber-securityFacebook's Onavo VPN used to wiretap competitor data, court ...

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   Mar 28, 2024 · Facebook used its Onavo VPN system to illegally track its users when accessing Snapchat and other competitors' apps, new unsealed court filings can reveal.

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   What is Onavo & how does it work?

   • Onavo billed itself as a way to “limit apps from using background data” and “use a secure VPN network for your personal info” but also noted it would collect the “Time you spend using apps, mobile and Wi-Fi data you use per app, the websites you visit, and your country, device and network type.”

   Facebook will shut down its spyware VPN app Onavo | TechCrunch

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   Who owns Onavo?

   • Mark Zuckerberg, Dan Rose, and Sheryl Sandberg. Drew Angerer/Getty Images In 2013, Meta acquired Onavo, an app that let people compress and monitor their own mobile data. It became a go-to tool for Meta to obtain rivals' data, helping it build "a clone of Snapchat." Meta rarely mentioned Onavo in public.

   Meta Relied on Onavo Data to 'Clone' Snapchat, Unsealed Records Show

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   What services does Onavo provide?

   • Onavo maintained consumer-oriented utility apps, including Onavo Count, which tracked bandwidth usage by apps, as well as Onavo Extend and Onavo Protect, which were VPN services for data compression and security, respectively.

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   Why did Facebook remove Onavo from Google Play?

   • Facebook will end its unpaid market research programs and proactively take its Onavo VPN app off the Google Play store in the wake of backlash following TechCrunch’s investigation about Onavo code being used in a Facebook Research app the sucked up data about teens.

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7. www.businessinsider.com › meta-onavo-data-cloneMeta Relied on Onavo Data to 'Clone' Snapchat, Unsealed ...

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   Apr 2, 2024 · In 2013, Meta acquired Onavo, an app that let people compress and monitor their own mobile data. It became a go-to tool for Meta to obtain rivals' data, helping it build "a clone of Snapchat."

8. www.digitaltrends.com › mobile › facebook-to-shutFacebook to Shut Down Data-Harvesting Onavo VPN App | Digital ...

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   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.

9. www.afr.com › companies › media-and-marketingFacebook admits it used Onavo privacy app to ‘know nearly ...

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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...