1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auTom McKayhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/tommckay-usa/Facebook Is Paying Teens To Install A 'Research' App That Lets It Monitor Their Phonesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7UbxcUT4it"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2019/01/facebook-is-paying-teens-to-install-a-research-app-that-lets-it-monitor-their-phones/">Facebook Is Paying Teens To Install A ‘Research’ App That Lets It Monitor Their Phones</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2019/01/facebook-is-paying-teens-to-install-a-research-app-that-lets-it-monitor-their-phones/embed/#?secret=7UbxcUT4it" width="600" height="338" title="“Facebook Is Paying Teens To Install A ‘Research’ App That Lets It Monitor Their Phones” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="7UbxcUT4it" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/30/sxndwzjbx6fkidqzk7ba.jpg?quality=75&w=102410241024Facebook has stealthily launched a service similar to Onavo Protect, its vampiric psuedo-VPN that claims to protect users’ privacy but actually collects and analyses their data. This time it’s worse — Facebook is targeting teens to install a similar app via third-party beta testing services, in possible violation of Apple’s rules for enterprise developers.