This week, reports have percolated that Facebook is testing a new menu item, called "Protect," in its iOS app. The feature sports a blue shield icon, and tapping it redirects you to the App Store ...

Last month, Gizmodo warned users against downloading Facebook’s new VPN service, known as Onavo Protect. In addition to Facebook itself being a data vampire, the company has reportedly used the ...

Facebook appears to have pulled its controversial Onavo mobile VPN app from the Google Play Store. The app, called Onavo Protect, will immediately stop pulling user data for market research, ...

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has had to suffer another defeat amidst the privacy breach storm that it has been dealing with for some time now. Facebook VPN app, known as Onavo Protect, is recently ...

Following the scandal surrounding the collection of user data, Facebook has removed its Onavo VPN app from the Google Play Store -- a full six months after the iOS version of the Facebook Research app ...

Onavo Protect, the VPN client from the data-security app maker acquired by Facebook back in 2013, has now popped up in the Facebook iOS app itself, under the banner “Protect” in the navigation menu.

Facebook's new VPN feature gives the company specific information to datamine your online activity while pretending this presents a benefit to end users. Don't be fooled. Share on Facebook (opens in a ...

Facebook isn’t protecting users with its supposed privacy-protection app. In fact, the app is helping Facebook collect more of your data, including when your device screen is being turned on and off, ...