On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 at 11:33, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Onavo is a VPN feature that Facebook offers.
It turns out that Facebook spies on this VPN traffic. And, once installed, spies on your traffic even if the VPN is turned off!
Wow.
I don't think that it works on Linux (except Android Linux).
< https://www.findvpn.com/facebook-onavo-vpn-collects-user-data-even-when-it-i...
< https://gizmodo.com/do-not-i-repeat-do-not-download-onavo-facebook-s-vam-182...
< https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-...
(My daughter pointed this out to me.)
Lovely. On the happier end of the spectrum, Firefox has an extension to combat Facebook data collection. https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/facebook-container-extension/ -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"