Facebook’s Onavo Protect VPN App Is Removed from the App Store for Harvesting Data

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By John VoorheesAug 23, 2018, 7:25 am711 pts
As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook has removed its Onavo Protect VPN app from the App Store after Apple said the app violated rules against data gathering. The app was acquired by Facebook in 2013 as part of its purchase of an Israeli company. Onavo collected user data using network traffic…

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