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

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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 . 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 13 th  October 2013. The Onavo Protect App  aims to pro...