Facebook uses the iOS version of its own controversial VPN Research application, which pays users aged 13 to 35 years for access to their own information, reports the Verge. The public network announced, in fact, that its program of market research will no longer be closed to iOS users subsequently report TechCrunch, which arranged his life more widely familiar. This share has shown, in fact, that the program probably does not comply with Apple's App Store's advice on data collection, in particular, its certificate system.

See. the research program asks that members establish a certificate of the company in order to own the probability to get access to their own messages, photos, videos, e-mail, web activity and information about the location. That's why he pays them $ 20 in moon gift cards - Facebook wants this data in return. However, Apple allows the creators to use this system of certificates only for this, in order to provide employers with the probability to put collective applications on the device of their own employees, as a result of this Facebook application does not comply with this politician.

While the public network pulls out the iOS app, it defended itself and said Verge, in fact that the starting report ignored the proper parts of the plan. He said, in fact, that there is nothing "secret" in the program, for example, as it is practically called the research application Facebook.

Facebook's response in full size:

"The main precedents about this program of advertising studies are ignored. Not paying attention to earlier reports, there was nothing "secret" about it; it was practically called Facebook's research app. It wasn't" spying, " like all the people who signed up for the role, a clear landing process was conducted, asking for their permission, and they were paid for the role. In the end, the least 5% of the people who decided to take part in this program of advertising studies were students. All of them with signed guardian consent forms."

The firm focuses, in fact not a spy for anybody, such as people are required to register for the role. Apart from this, he said that the bulk of the members were considered Mature, and only a tiny fraction of the young people, all of whom assumed signed consent forms of guardians. What is not the least, BBC technology reporter Dave Lee tested the registration process and, as described, managed to register in the program as a minor, without filling out this form.

I thought I'd see how robust the parental control for Facebook's programme is. In less than five minutes I was able to sign up as a 14-year-old boy... with two kids. It required no proof of parental consent at all. I've just been sent a link to download the iOS app. pic.twitter.com/z6www8SgQJ

— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeBBC) 30 января 2019 г.

The program, which, as it is told, has been active since 2016 under the title "Project Atlas", is still available for Android users.