<div dir="ltr">On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 at 11:33, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <<a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">talk@gtalug.org</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Onavo is a VPN feature that Facebook offers.<br>
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It turns out that Facebook spies on this VPN traffic.  And, once<br>
installed, spies on your traffic even if the VPN is turned off!<br>
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Wow.<br>
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I don't think that it works on Linux (except Android Linux).<br>
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<<a href="https://www.findvpn.com/facebook-onavo-vpn-collects-user-data-even-when-it-is-disabled/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.findvpn.com/facebook-onavo-vpn-collects-user-data-even-when-it-is-disabled/</a>><br>
<<a href="https://gizmodo.com/do-not-i-repeat-do-not-download-onavo-facebook-s-vam-1822937825" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gizmodo.com/do-not-i-repeat-do-not-download-onavo-facebook-s-vam-1822937825</a>><br>
<<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-onavo-vpn-within-its-main-mobile-app/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/12/facebook-starts-pushing-its-data-tracking-onavo-vpn-within-its-main-mobile-app/</a>><br>
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(My daughter pointed this out to me.)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Lovely.</div><div><br></div><div>On the happier end of the spectrum, Firefox has an extension to combat Facebook data collection.<br></div><div> </div></div><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/facebook-container-extension/">https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/facebook-container-extension/</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the<br>question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?"<br></div></div>