When I worked at Instagram/FB, I routinely saw presentations with data harvested from the Onavo “VPN”.
I remember asking “how do we know this user data about YouTube and SnapChat?”
The answer: “Onavo.”
I still don’t know how this wasn’t illegal and anti-competitive. Surely it was.
FB is a company driven by cheaters and criminals.
https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-snapchat-onavo-snooping/
jesse squires 🏴 /
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2024-03-26 22:37:25
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