The “Snoopy” Onavo Protect- Another Wave of Criticism to Facebook

Lucas Stefanko, the famous malware hunter who has made a commendable contribution in finding malicious malware like Trojan, has yanked Facebook for harvesting user’s data through Onavo Protect . It is a VPN Client that professed to help the users to monitor their data usage and protect their personal information.

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In February 2018, Facebook was reported to advertise Onavo VPN app within Facebook app for iOS users in the United States. Thereafter, Onavo was declared as a spyware by the media outlets as the app had no significant mention of Facebook’s ownership that led to the denouncements of the app.

Onavo started as an independent organization in 2010 and developed mobile apps like Onavo Protect etc.  They announced their acquisition by Facebook on 13th October 2013. The Onavo Protect App aims to protect the e-mail accounts against the phishing attacks, help users to monitor their data usage & to secure their data when they browse and share information on the web.

Onavo Protect was hyperlinked in the navigation menu under the option “Protect”. A mere click on “Protect” will redirect the usersto “Onavo Protect- VPN Security” app in the App Store.
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It is still obscure as what percentages of Facebook iOS users are able to see this option. However, promoting Onavo Protectwithin the Facebook app could lead to unethical boost in the users of this VPN App. As it used to promise to secure sensitive information like- login credentials,credit card information, user could have opted to download it. Surprisingly, Facebook did not buy Onavo for its security features. This VPN provider became a data-gathering tool in the hands of Facebook!

According to famous malware researcher, Lukas Stefanko, the Facebook’s Onavo security app has been tweaked for collecting user’s information like location, displacement details, installed & used application, visited websites & browsing habits and sending it back to Facebook even when the app is inactive/turned off. Confounded for being a serious privacy threat, Onavo enabled Facebook to spot new trends through the widespread mobile & digital ecosystem. The gathered information made a way for Facebook to purchase WhatsApp in year 2014 and social media’s excursion of “Live Video” in year 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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