A new report revealed that Facebook over the past three years paid a group of young people a monthly amount to allow them to obtain all data on their use of their phones, under a research project.
According to TechCrunch, Facebook, which critics say is not doing enough to protect the privacy of its users, gives young people between the ages of 13 and 25 $ 20 a month to approve the installation of the application of the VPN " Facebook Research.
By installing Facebook Research, Facebook will be able to access all data related to Web searches, location information, private messages on social networking applications, and other data.
According to TechCrunch, the company has asked its project participants, which began in 2016, to send screenshots of all their purchases on the Amazon site.
Facebook has over the past years introduced the application of Facebook Research through testing services such as BetaBound, UTest, Applause, and asked young participants to obtain the written consent of their parents Confirms that Facebook is engaged in these experiments.
Facebook's application is similar to Facebook's earlier application, "Onavo Protect," which Apple had banned from Apple Store because it violated its privacy rules. Facebook removed it from the store in August.
"Like many companies, we invite people to participate in research that helps us identify things that we can do better," a Facebook spokesman told TechCrunch.
"As this research aims to help Facebook understand how people use their mobile devices, we have provided comprehensive information on what kind of data we collect and how to participate. We do not share this information with others and people can stop participating at any time. "
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