![]() These ads asked for a "paid social media research study." These services specifically ran ads on Instagram and Snapchat targeting a demographic of users between 13-35 years of age. Users were reportedly seeing this app through three different beta testing services, ie, BetaBound, uTest and Applause, in order to cloak Facebook's involvement. The app wasn't even available on Apple's own beta testing service called TestFlight. Since Onavo Protect app was taken off the App Store for violating Apple's privacy policies, there was no way Facebook Research could be distributed via the App Store. Representational Image How does Facebook Research bypass Apple's App Store? For obvious reasons, the Facebook Research app would then also be in violation of Apple's policies as most of its program code seems to be taken lock, stock from Onavo's code. ![]() ![]() The app has been found to be similar to Onavo Protect, a Facebook app that was pulled last year due to Apple's privacy objections.
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