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Android malware?

Since Onavo doesn't apparently break Google Play's rules, I've categorized it as just an Android app. ^Falling_Gravity 09:47, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's an acceptable interpretation. — Newslinger talk 11:46, 8 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Jesse Viviano reverted my contributions, saying "Onavo's page does not disclose the spying that Facebook does with the Android app". However, this is false. On the Google Play store it discloses that it uses information from the app to "help improve Facebook Products", and that "Facebook uses aggregated Onavo data for market and business analytics." ^Falling_Gravity 04:22, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I checked this page on Onavo's website. I did not see anything about collected data on that. The page you showed me means that Onavo can be considered a potentially unwanted program on Android. Jesse Viviano (talk) 08:45, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see now we were looking at different pages. I personally wouldn't recommend installing Onavo since there are better VPN apps which don't log data, but to each their own I guess. ^Falling_Gravity 21:20, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rebranded to "Facebook Study"

Facebook Research has been rebranded to Facebook Study.^[1] The new app specifically targets adults^[2] to avoid the privacy backlash that Facebook Research received. This article should cover the new Facebook Study app, ~~and then be moved to either Facebook Study or something similar to Facebook user research apps,~~ with Onavo and Facebook Research as two chapters of this subject's history. — Newslinger talk 22:27, 27 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Retracted move suggestion, as Onavo and Facebook Research have both been more prominent than Facebook Study. — Newslinger talk 07:45, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rodriguez, Salvador (June 11, 2019). "Facebook will once again pay users to install an app that tracks their app usage". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
^ Constine, Josh (June 11, 2019). "Facebook's new Study app pays adults for data after teen scandal". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-07-27.

[1] Rodriguez, Salvador (June 11, 2019). "Facebook will once again pay users to install an app that tracks their app usage". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-07-27.

[2] Constine, Josh (June 11, 2019). "Facebook's new Study app pays adults for data after teen scandal". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-07-27.

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