Already under fire for apparently tricking kids into spending their parents’ money to play games on the social networking platform, Facebook now finds itself confronting a new privacy wrinkle that’s emerged and reportedly involves the company paying teenagers and young adults for permission to track everything they do on their phones.
The report comes via TechCrunch, which notes that Facebook has been quietly paying users between the ages of 13 and 35 up to $20 a month — and a little more, in some cases — for permission to install a “Facebook Research” VPN on their phones. If this sounds suspiciously like Facebook’s Onavo Protect app the social network got in trouble for, with Apple actually banning it entirely, you’re not wrong.
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Report: Facebook has been paying some teens for permission to track everything they do originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 19:24:56 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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