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Facebook paid teenagers to install a VPN app, then used it to monitor their usage of Snapchat (techcrunch.com)

submitted 4 months ago by ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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The VPN app would send every information possible about the user to Facebook. One of the things it did was to be a man-in-the-middle that decrypted the internet traffic to and from Snapchat so that Meta could collect analytics on how people were using Snapchat.

Meta is such a piece of shit company.

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[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How is this not a breach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?

[–] DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

I’d like to see some indictments, please.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But hey, we need to ban TikTok for "national security".

[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 months ago

In this case "national security" means ensuring US intelligence affiliated companies have full access to control over everything people do with internet connected devices.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Literally everyone involved in this should never see the sun again.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 4 months ago

Bit idea: hook them up to the Metaverse forever

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 7 points 4 months ago

corporate-art

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Sneaky fuckers

[–] davel@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Facebook called this “Project Ghostbusters,” in a clear reference to Snapchat’s ghost-like logo.

See, Apple is smart enough to not use such transparent codenames.