{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/3276215a-23a8-4b04-bbfd-c0f7c71c7b64/1cf43601-4dbf-4821-ba3b-86458918c8e8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Xinja - We Hardly Knew Ya","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6176c6f7b67d9b03b3f7eee3/6176c72791b757001963b60f.png?height=200","description":"<p>ACCC Sues Facebook&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-alleges-facebook-misled-consumers-when-promoting-app-to-protect-users-data\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">alleges Facebook misled consumers when promoting app to 'protect' users' data | ACCC</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/facebook-to-face-accc-court-action-over-private-data/news-story/998dd801686f76c4387bf42fe74333e8?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organicpost\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook to face ACCC court action over private data</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Australia’s consumer watchdog has launched Federal Court action against tech giant Facebook,</li><li>The ACCC is alleging two of its subsidiaries secretly collected and aggregated users’ personal data for Facebook’s commercial benefit.</li><li>The action relates to Facebook’s Onavo Protect mobile app, which provided a virtual private network (VPN) for users.</li><li>For those that don’t remember, Onavo was ‘data saving’ VPN client for Android and iOS, that Facebook purchased and rebranded in 2013</li><li>In 2019, Techcrunch revealed Facebook had been using the traffic of Onavo users to find what other apps were popular amongst young people - helping guide its purchases of competitors Instagram and Whatsapp&nbsp;</li><li>When Onavo was removed from the Apple App Store for this reason, Facebook relaunched the App under its developer program&nbsp;</li><li>It paid users $20 to install the app, in a move that violated Apple’s developer program&nbsp;</li><li>&nbsp;Apple revoked Facebook's Enterprise Developer Program, and for a few days no Facebook employee could test any of the company’s apps. It’s probably the harshest penalty Apple has ever given one of the big tech companies&nbsp;</li><li>Facebook said “We will review the recent filing by the ACCC and will continue to defend our position in response to this recent filing.”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sticking with Facebook and Apple..&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/15/apples-seismic-change-to-the-mobile-ad-industry-draws-near.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple’s seismic change to the mobile ad industry is drawing near, and it's rocking the ecosystem</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/MacRumors/status/1338941005261901833\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MacRumors.com on Twitter: \"Got a finger cramp scrolling through Facebook's new privacy section on the App Store…… \"</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li>iOS 14.3 is live and part of the update includes the new privacy policy&nbsp;</li><li>The new policy lists all the ways an app uses your data, including what it requests and uploads</li><li>I’m disappointed to see the list is only on the App Store, and only then it is truncated at first view, so you just get a summary&nbsp;</li><li>But if you click through to the full list, even if you are a techy, you’ll be amazed at the amount of stuff facebook grabs from you, including all your contacts, cross referenced with all your contacts contacts, etc&nbsp;</li><li>We’ve included a tweet in the show notes from MacRumours, that scrolls through the facebook privacy notice. Grab a cup of tea before hitting play on it&nbsp;</li><li>I’d really love to see this list as a splash screen for all apps on launch!&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>And topping off a very bad, inevitable week for big tech..&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/eu-tech-restraints-gatekeepers-digital-services-markets-b7966063-aa23-4711-80f5-71c06a1aff6f.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Europe triples down on tough rules for tech</a></p><p><br></p><ul><li>The European Union Tuesday unveiled sweeping new proposals to control tech industry giants as \"gatekeepers\" who could be fined up to 10% of their revenue for breaking EU rules on competition.</li><li><a href=\"https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_20_2349\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA)</strong></a><strong>...","author_name":"Peter Wells"}