Why Facebook's Banned 'Research' App Was So Invasive
Why Facebook's Banned 'Research' App Was So Invasive
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 1, 20198m 32s
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For the past three years, Facebook has paid consumers as young as 13 to download a “Facebook Research” application that gives the company wide-ranging access to their mobile devices, according to a TechCrunch investigation published Tuesday. In order to allow people with iPhones to participate, Facebook sidestepped the strict privacy rules imposed by Apple in its App Store by taking advantage of a business applications program designed for internal company use.
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