Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even if they don't use it

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	Facebook knows what people are doing on their phones even if they don't use it (independent.co.uk)
	16 points by epipping 3209 days ago

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merricksb 3209 days ago

Discussed 18 days ago (270 points/96 comments):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15007454

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epipping 3209 days ago

I found it hard to believe nobody would've posted this before but couldn't find it under the original title. Thanks for paying attention.

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xenophonf 3209 days ago

TL;DR - Facebook is running a free VPN service named Onavo Protect, which Facebook uses to monitor mobile users' network activity.

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dsfyu404ed 3209 days ago

I like to see these articles on MSM sites but I really wish there was a little more doom and gloom about how these capabilities could be abused. Fear drives change.

If FB decides that adultery is the worst thing in the world they could easily drop hints in the right places to screw over people who do that. What's worse is that they could generalize for anything they don't like. If Zuck decides to buy an ISP or three net-neutrality could be the thing they go after.

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