Court documents reveal that Facebook, now Meta, spied on Snapchat users through a program called 'Project Ghostbusters.' The company intercepted and decrypted network traffic to study user behavior and confuse advertisers. Meta faces a lawsuit for allegedly intercepting data from rivals like Snapchat to gain a competitive advantage and increase ad prices.
FB’s ability to distract attention from its crimes may be its greatest skill. The fact that FB used Onavo to spy on Snapchat users has been a matter of public record since 2018. I wrote about it in Zucked, which was published more than five years ago. @matthew_d_green @mer__edith https://t.co/zHUwnjeGtn
Facebook bought Israeli VPN Onavo in 2013 for ~$200M, and used it to spy on activity in other apps in the man-in-the-middle attack (SSL bump) by impersonating a root cert : Snapchat in 2016 YouTube in 2017 Amazon in 2018 For Meta, the ends always justify the means. https://t.co/Uums38u7ag
This thing Facebook did — running an MITM on Snapchat and other competitors’ TLS connections via their Onavo VPN — is so deeply messed up and evil that it completely changes my perspective on what that company is willing to do to its users.
Facebook & Instagram advertisers have filed a $7 billion lawsuit against Meta, accusing the company of exaggerating ad viewership metrics by up to 400%. https://t.co/dtL4vhKH6k
Project 'Ghostbusters': Facebook secretly spied on Snapchat data, docs allege https://t.co/vTINI03MIc
If you remember the drama over that Onavo research app that rewarded people who let Facebook monitor their internet activities... Unsealed court filings reveal more – how Meta allegedly snooped on Snapchat, Amazon and YouTube analytics using SSL MITM https://t.co/XcM8SGPjIu
Facebook utilized user data to learn about Snapchat traffic, court documents reveal https://t.co/94HZjAcfzD https://t.co/umbwXPt0SE
Meta is facing an ongoing four-year, class action lawsuit in California from consumers who allege that the company intercepted data from rivals like Snapchat, used that data to gain a competitive advantage, and then increased prices for advertisers. https://t.co/kWSPkQnd9r
Meta sued for snooping on Snapchat users https://t.co/U1E9LHrW2M
How #Facebook Secretly Tracked Snapchat Users' Data Via Project Ghostbusters https://t.co/Dz3PVDsbgm
Facebook secretly spied on Snapchat usage to confuse advertisers, court docs say https://t.co/VJaMqr0ENf
How Facebook used a VPN to spy on what you do on social media https://t.co/pYC3FpccTg
Facebook, $META, snooped on Snapchat users' encrypted network traffic to study how they behaved, unsealed court documents reveal, per TechCrunch. This was part of a secret program called "Project Ghostbusters."
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Facebook secretly looked at Snapchat, Amazon, and YouTube user data, documents reveal https://t.co/A3tZWH8AzU
Court documents reveal that #Facebook spied on #Snapchat users to compete with the app. Project Ghostbusters intercepted and decrypted network traffic: https://t.co/fOtY3IlJyF #ProjectGhostbusters #tech #technews #technology #lawsuit https://t.co/rnUvZdS0l7