Free VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Phones into Proxies
Several free Android VPN apps have been found to support a malicious residential proxy operation named ‘Proxylib.’
https://restoreprivacy.com/free-vpn-apps-on-google-play-turn-phones-into-proxies/
needed yet another reason not to trust VPN providers or proxy services...
Here Facebook partnered with a bunch of companies to have root certificates installed on people's phones so they could intercept other app's traffic.
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https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.369872/gov.uscourts.cand.369872.735.0.pdf
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report from TechCrunch asserts that Facebook's 'Project Ghostbusters' aimed to understand user behaviour and surpass Snapchat in terms of competition. Internal discussions among Facebook executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, revealed efforts to access Snapchat's encrypted data for analytics.
The court documents reveal Facebook's covert project named 'Project Ghostbusters,' which was reportedly launched in 2016.
Facebook engineers suggested using Onavo, a Virtual Private Network service acquired in 2013, to intercept and analyse traffic from specific subdomains. This revelation sheds light on Facebook's strategic efforts to gather competitive intelligence and enhance its market position relative to Snapchat.
The project expanded to include monitoring traffic from Amazon and YouTube as well. The court documents revealed that some senior executives along with a team of approximately 41 lawyers were involved in 'Project Ghostbusters,' illustrating the significance of the initiative within Facebook.
federal court in California has uncovered evidence accusing Meta Platforms of secretly monitoring users of Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon.