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March 7, 2018 02:05 pm

Facebook's VPN Service Onavo Protect Collects Personal Data -- Even When It's Switched Off

Security researcher Will Strafach took a look at Onavo Protect, a newly released VPN service from Facebook: I found that Onavo Protect uses a Packet Tunnel Provider app extension, which should consistently run for as long as the VPN is connected, in order to periodically send the following data to Facebook (graph.facebook.com) as the user goes about their day: When user's mobile device screen is turned on and turned off. Total daily Wi-Fi data usage in bytes (Even when VPN is turned off). Total daily cellular data usage in bytes (Even when VPN is turned off). Periodic beacon containing an "uptime" to indicate how long the VPN has been connected.

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