Facebook’s ‘Protect’ feature on iOS essentially installs spyware on iPhone and iPad

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com>
> Date: February 16, 2018 at 5:55:18 PM EST
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> Subject: Facebook’s ‘Protect’ feature on iOS essentially installs spyware on iPhone and iPad
>
> Facebook is rolling out a new security feature called Protect to many users of its iOS app. While the name might make 
> unknowing users feel good about installing the associated free app, the Facebook owned VPN is designed to collect and 
> analyze user data to “improve Facebook products and services.” [...]
>
> https://9to5mac.com/2018/02/13/facebook-protect-spyware-ios/
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