Facebook has confirmed it is shutting down is Onavo VPN service, reports TechCrunch. The app was billed by Facebook as a free VPN app that allowed iPhone and Android users to keep their online ...

Facebook is shutting down Onavo, a virtual private network (VPN) app the company used to collect data on the app usage of its users, the company confirmed to TheWrap on Friday. “Market research helps ...

Facebook is finally, ever-so-slightly curtailing one aspect of its creepy data gathering practices, and all it took was a threat from Apple. For those blissfully unaware, Onavo sold itself as a ...

In 2013, Meta acquired Onavo, an app that let people compress and monitor their own mobile data. It became a go-to tool for Meta to obtain rivals' data, helping it build "a clone of Snapchat." Meta ...

After Apple forced Facebook to pull Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store, and to cease using Facebook Research, the social network seems to be finally taking the hint about its spyware … TechCrunch ...

Facebook will shut down its Onavo VPN app and end its unpaid market research programs in response to the latest privacy scandal involving the social network. An investigative report by TechCrunch last ...

Back in 2013, Facebook acquired Israeli startup Onavo and with it gained access to the company's mobile analytics and data compression tech. Both were put to good use for Internet.org, but more ...

This week, reports have percolated that Facebook is testing a new menu item, called "Protect," in its iOS app. The feature sports a blue shield icon, and tapping it redirects you to the App Store ...

Facebook today removed VPN app Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store after Apple decided that it violates App Store data collection policies, reports The Wall Street Journal. Apple earlier this month ...