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We’ve captured and decrypted data in transit between our own devices and Facebook servers. It turns out that some apps routinely send Facebook  information about your device and usage patterns - the second the app is opened. We’ll walk you through the technical part of our analysis and end with a call to action: We believe that both Facebook and developers can do more to avoid oversharing, profiling and damaging the privacy of their users.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://privacyinternational.org/types-abuse/facebook\"\u003ehttps://privacyinternational.org/types-abuse/facebook\u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://privacyinternational.org\"\u003ehttps://privacyinternational.org\u003c/a\u003e\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://privacyintyqcroe.onion\"\u003ehttps://privacyintyqcroe.onion\u003c/a\u003e","original_language":"eng","persons":["Frederike Kaltheuner","Christopher Weatherhead"],"view_count":51393,"promoted":false,"date":"2018-12-29T00:00:00.000+01:00","release_date":"2018-12-30T01:00:00.000+01:00","updated_at":"2026-04-22T03:15:02.917+02:00","tags":["35c3","9941","Ethics, Society \u0026 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