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But because Onavo ran a user’s web activity through Facebook’s servers, the social media giant was able to track almost everything a user did online. And, boy, did Facebook take advantage of this.

In a smart move disguised as a privacy service, Facebook once transformed a trusted VPN into a powerful surveillance engine.

Onavo, bought by Facebook in 2013, acted as a VPN, masking a user’s location to “keep you and your data safe.” More importantly for the social network, Onavo’s real value was in sharing ...

Now it seems, Facebook is ready to shut down Onavo for good. As TechCrunch reports, Onavo Protect for Android will immediately stop collecting data from users who have it installed.

Facebook has axed the Onavo VPN app for Android, pulling it from Google Play half a year after it yanked the iOS version from the Apple App Store. While Onavo was technically a VPN app that ...

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Facebook's presentation relied on data from Onavo, the virtual private network (VPN) service which Facebook also acquired several months later.

Some actually track a significant amount of your personal data. Such is the case with Onavo Protect, a VPN Facebook acquired in 2013 that was violating Apple’s App Store policies.

Facebook launched Onavo Protect, a VPN app, early last year. However, as we noted at the time, the app was effectively acting as spyware by collecting user data from both apps and websites.

Onavo offers a solution by compressing all your data so you don’t use as much of it. The free iPhone app claims to save up to 80 percent on a monthly data allotment.