In a smart move disguised as a privacy service, Facebook once transformed a trusted VPN into a powerful surveillance engine.

Armed with usage data, Facebook offered to buy Snapchat for $3 billion. When Snap CEO Evan Spiegel refused, Facebook didn’t ...

Without Onavo, Facebook loses a powerful method of market research, and its future initiatives here will come at a higher price. Facebook has run tons of focus groups, surveys and other user feedback ...

Australia's Federal Court has ordered two subsidiaries of Meta Platforms (META), Facebook Israel and Onavo, to each pay A$10M. Read more here ...

A federal court in Australia has fined two subsidiaries of Meta for conduct liable to mislead consumers in relation to misleading descriptions of the Onavo Protect VPN app.

The ACCC's case accuses Facebook of false, misleading or deceptive conduct toward thousands of Australian consumers, after it had promoted the Onavo Protect app -- saying it would keep users ...

The ACCC's case accuses Facebook of false, misleading or deceptive conduct toward thousands of Australian consumers, after it had promoted the Onavo Protect app -- saying it would keep users personal ...

Facebook will shut down its Onavo VPN app and end its unpaid market research programs in response to the latest privacy scandal involving the social network. An investigative report by TechCrunch ...

Now the social network's controversial mobile VPN service is being shut down completely. Early in 2018, Facebook started promoting a new VPN app called Onavo Protect.

Facebook had their Onavo VPN app removed from Apple’s app store after it was discovered that the app violated Apple’s privacy policies, this happened last year. The Onavo VPN app was initially ...

After Apple forced Facebook to pull Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store, and to cease using Facebook Research, the social network seems to be ...