Wednesday 30 January 2019

PSA: Facebook is paying teens to download an app that records their online activity


http://bit.ly/2TlQxDL has repackaged an app that Apple pulled from the App Store in August and is now bypassing the App Store by paying kids to download and use the app for "research". The app creates a VPN that intercepts all device activity and allows it to be tracked by FB.This may not be as relevant to those of us with <10 year olds, but it's downright scary if you have a phone-using kid.Search your kids' phones and remove the Facebook Research app and any related root certificates installed with that name. via /r/Parenting https://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/comments/alahia/psa_facebook_is_paying_teens_to_download_an_app/?utm_source=ifttt

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