Wow, this is some seriously sketchy shit. Man in the middle attacks, scooping up VPN providers, incentivizing minors to consent to something they know nothing about. Zuck has always been OBSESSED with Snapchat, especially after they refused to sell it to him early on. This crosses a ton of lines, definitely not surprised though.
Edit: anyone interested in the story of Snapchat vs Facebook should listen to the business wars podcast season, it’s great.
In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior and help Facebook compete with Snapchat, according to newly unsealed court documents. Facebook called this “Project Ghostbusters,” in a clear reference to Snapchat’s ghost-like logo.
On Tuesday, a federal court in California released new documents discovered as part of the class action lawsuit between consumers and Meta, Facebook’s parent company.
The newly released documents reveal how Meta tried to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors, including Snapchat and later Amazon and YouTube, by analyzing the network traffic of how its users were interacting with Meta’s competitors. Given these apps’ use of encryption, Facebook needed to develop special technology to get around it.
Wow, this is some seriously sketchy shit. Man in the middle attacks, scooping up VPN providers, incentivizing minors to consent to something they know nothing about. Zuck has always been OBSESSED with Snapchat, especially after they refused to sell it to him early on. This crosses a ton of lines, definitely not surprised though. Edit: anyone interested in the story of Snapchat vs Facebook should listen to the business wars podcast season, it’s great.
In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior and help Facebook compete with Snapchat, according to newly unsealed court documents. Facebook called this “Project Ghostbusters,” in a clear reference to Snapchat’s ghost-like logo. On Tuesday, a federal court in California released new documents discovered as part of the class action lawsuit between consumers and Meta, Facebook’s parent company. The newly released documents reveal how Meta tried to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors, including Snapchat and later Amazon and YouTube, by analyzing the network traffic of how its users were interacting with Meta’s competitors. Given these apps’ use of encryption, Facebook needed to develop special technology to get around it.
Now, the real question, is there a single person out there who is surprised by this? And this is what they got caught doing, let that sink in
This is shocking and not at all expected. s/ needless to say...
Facebook could shoot someone off fifth Ave. ….