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- Apple has banned a security app made by Facebook that monitored what apps users were using then sent the data to the social network.
- Apple determined at Onavo Protect violated its new rules on data collection, and it has now been removed from the App Store.
- It’s still available on Google’s Android, however.
Apple has determined that Onavo Protect, a Facebook-owned security app, is in violation of its rules, and asked the social network to take it down — which it did.
The news was first reported on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, and a Facebook spokesperson confirmed its removal to Business Insider. It’s still available from the Google Play store on Android. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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