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Facebook spied on Snapchat users to get analytics about the competition

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Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog

Date Published: 2024-03-28

Date Updated: 2026-04-28

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A court filing alleges Facebook ran “Project Ghostbusters” under its IAAP program (2016–2019), using the Onavo research VPN and server-side SSL interception (adversary-in-the-middle) to decrypt and analyze encrypted analytics traffic from competitors like Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon for competitive decision-making—conduct that plaintiffs argue may violate the Wiretap Act.

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