Facebook App Banned By Apple Got Data From 187K Users First
A sketchy Facebook app banned by Apple earlier this year succeeded in collecting large amounts of personal data from around 187,000 users before it was pulled. Originally named Onavo, it was later rebranded Facebook Research. Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked Facebook to provide the numbers, including a breakdown of how many of the users were teenagers … TechCrunch saw a copy of the letter. We warned about the original incarnation of the app back in February of last year....