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Project Ghostbusters: Facebook Accused of Using Your Phone to Wiretap Snapchat

Photo: Ramsey Cardy
Photo: Ramsey Cardy (Getty Images)

Meta has lots of data through Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook, but that’s not enough for them. Court filings unsealed last week allege Meta created an internal effort to spy on Snapchat in a secret initiative called “Project Ghostbusters.” Meta did so through Onavo, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service the company offered between 2016 and 2019 that, ultimately, wasn’t private at all. – Maxwell Zeff Read More