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Apple shutting down sketchy Facebook iPhone app – but still available on Android

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<p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/facebook/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook[/url] has said that it is shutting down its <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2019/01/29/facebook-paying-teens-vpn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">controversial ‘Facebook Research’ iPhone app[/url], after it was disclosed that the company had repackaged its <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/08/22/facebook-protect-app-store/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned Onavo VPN app[/url] and was paying teens and adults $20/month to install it.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> It turns out it wasn’t even Facebook’s decision to shutdown the iOS app – it was Apple. Apple PR via <a href="https://www.recode.net/2019/1/30/18203231/apple-says-its-banning-facebooks-research-that-collected-users-personal-information" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Recode[/url]:</p>

<p>We designed our Enterprise Developer Program solely for the internal distribution of apps within an organization. Facebook has been using their membership to distribute a data-collecting app to consumers, which is a clear breach of their agreement with Apple. Any developer using their enterprise certificates to distribute apps to consumers will have their certificates revoked, which is what we did in this case to protect our users and their data.</p>

<p><strong>Update 2: </strong>Many of Facebook’s internal iOS apps have been disabled after Apple revoked its enterprise certificate.</p>
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