[ardy42]

Facebook has had its enterprise certificates revoked by Apple [1]

https://seekingalpha.com/news/3427520-apple-banning-facebook...

> "Facebook has been using their membership to distribute a data-collecting app to consumers, which is a clear breach of their agreement with Apple," Apple says. "Any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers will have their certificates revoked, which is what we did in this case to protect our users and their data.”

[1] I previously posted this development as a story, but it got flagged as a dupe. It seems like this is the more truthful angle. since Apple seems to be the real agent that caused this shutdown.

[altmind]

"You are not firing me, I'm resigning!"

[bob_theslob646]

It is still available on Android.

[TwoNineA]

Every day I am happier having switched to iPhone after being an Android fanboy for ages.

[michaelmrose]

You could of course just continue not to install obvious spyware just like you presumably do on your desktop computer.

[sridca]

But that won't justify their newfound tech hate (this time on Google) ...

[radium3d]

What is it called? I don't see it on the play store.

I think I found it? Was it called onavo on Android? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onavo.spac...

[bob_theslob646]

https://www.earticleblog.com/facebook-utest-research-app-pay...

It is only available via referral.

[radium3d]

Scary notes for Facebook's Onavo app, and it seems you don't even get paid for it on android?

We collect information such as:

* The apps installed on your phone

* Time you spend using apps

* Mobile and Wi-Fi data you use per app

* The websites you visit

* Your country, device and network type

We use this data to:

* Improve and operate the app

* Analyze apps usage

* Help improve Facebook Products

* Build better experiences for our community

[KingMachiavelli]

I find it hard to believe that Apple didn't know. I would expect any device with a in-house app installed to be reporting metadata about said app back to Apple. Comparing the number of installs of a particuler app + the distribution of IP addresses/locations where this app was installed vs that of a normal in-house Facebook app would likely show a discrepency.

Reasons for the contrary (Apple could not have known) my premise is incorrect, the metadata is insufficient, Facebook or in-house apps in general are much more widely use than presumed and often deployed from a public facing servers resulting in a location distribution too similar to the actual US population distribution, etc.

[bjtitus]

Facebook has offices all over the world and employees testing with devices on home networks all over the world (not to mention developers giving builds to family and friends, potentially).

I would hardly expect Apple to be scrutinizing the install patterns of an enterprise app. Those resources would be better spent improving the App Store review process and TestFlight.