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-is-disabled/>
<https://gizmodo.com/do-not-i-repeat-do-not-download-onavo-facebook-s-vam-1822937825>
<https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-onavo-vpn-within-its-main-mobile-app/>

(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/

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