Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 9:51:54 GMT
Facebook will pay its users to control how they use their mobile (yes, again)
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Once again Facebook will pay its users to know in detail how they use their mobile phone, and this will be possible through a new app called Study... although the social network has learned from its mistakes and seems to want to provide greater transparency on this occasion .
Study will be able to monitor the applications that are installed on the mobile phone of users who have it installed : the time they spend in each of them, the location, as well as additional data about the applications, although Facebook assured in its official statement that will not control any personal content, such as the messages you send, passwords or websites you visit.
Study will allow Facebook to know how you use your mobile
The launch of Study has occurred a few months after the last user track Mexico Mobile Number List ing app, called Facebook Research, was eliminated due to the controversies it raised.
As we told you at the time, this app had been offered to teenagers, paying them up to 17.5 euros, plus a reward for recommending more users, which sparked the controversy that Facebook was literally buying the privacy of teenagers.
Facebook has been buying teens' privacy for
In fact, users who installed Research on iPhone allowed Facebook to obtain deeper access to their data, since it was based on a special certificate with which the social network could have access to web browsing, emails, location and even private messages. or chats, violating Apple's rules.
The app will only be available to users over 18 years of age.
The new app with which Facebook will pay its users to obtain their data will only be available to those over 18 years of age , as well as mobile users with the Android operating system, and each user will be able to grant the access permissions they wish.
Once the app has been installed, Study will inform the user about what type of data it will collect and how it will be used.
Image: Facebook
The launch of Study shows that Facebook still has a need to collect information about how users use their phones. Of course, it ensures that this version will be more controlled.
Thus, the age of the users will be verified by referring to the age in their Facebook account, and of course, this point is no guarantee since some teenager can increase their age on the social network.
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However, to receive payment, users must also have a PayPal account, in which users are also required to be 18 years or older. At the moment the social network has not explained how much it will pay users to obtain their mobile data.
Facebook also assured that when analyzing the Study data it will compare it with the data it already knows about users on its platform. However, the data from the app will not be linked to your Facebook account, nor will it be used to segment ads on the social network.
Facebook will pay users who are invited to join Study
Participation in Study will have to be by invitation: Facebook will run ads encouraging people to participate in its research program, and when someone clicks on one of these ads, they will have the option to register . The user can then download the application from the Google Play Store.
According to Facebook, the use of Study data will be aimed at improving its platforms : “We have a responsibility to keep people's information safe and secure. “With this app, we are collecting the minimum amount of information necessary to help us build better products.
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Once again Facebook will pay its users to know in detail how they use their mobile phone, and this will be possible through a new app called Study... although the social network has learned from its mistakes and seems to want to provide greater transparency on this occasion .
Study will be able to monitor the applications that are installed on the mobile phone of users who have it installed : the time they spend in each of them, the location, as well as additional data about the applications, although Facebook assured in its official statement that will not control any personal content, such as the messages you send, passwords or websites you visit.
Study will allow Facebook to know how you use your mobile
The launch of Study has occurred a few months after the last user track Mexico Mobile Number List ing app, called Facebook Research, was eliminated due to the controversies it raised.
As we told you at the time, this app had been offered to teenagers, paying them up to 17.5 euros, plus a reward for recommending more users, which sparked the controversy that Facebook was literally buying the privacy of teenagers.
Facebook has been buying teens' privacy for
In fact, users who installed Research on iPhone allowed Facebook to obtain deeper access to their data, since it was based on a special certificate with which the social network could have access to web browsing, emails, location and even private messages. or chats, violating Apple's rules.
The app will only be available to users over 18 years of age.
The new app with which Facebook will pay its users to obtain their data will only be available to those over 18 years of age , as well as mobile users with the Android operating system, and each user will be able to grant the access permissions they wish.
Once the app has been installed, Study will inform the user about what type of data it will collect and how it will be used.
Image: Facebook
The launch of Study shows that Facebook still has a need to collect information about how users use their phones. Of course, it ensures that this version will be more controlled.
Thus, the age of the users will be verified by referring to the age in their Facebook account, and of course, this point is no guarantee since some teenager can increase their age on the social network.
[Tweet “Facebook launches Study, a new research app that will pay to know your data”]
However, to receive payment, users must also have a PayPal account, in which users are also required to be 18 years or older. At the moment the social network has not explained how much it will pay users to obtain their mobile data.
Facebook also assured that when analyzing the Study data it will compare it with the data it already knows about users on its platform. However, the data from the app will not be linked to your Facebook account, nor will it be used to segment ads on the social network.
Facebook will pay users who are invited to join Study
Participation in Study will have to be by invitation: Facebook will run ads encouraging people to participate in its research program, and when someone clicks on one of these ads, they will have the option to register . The user can then download the application from the Google Play Store.
According to Facebook, the use of Study data will be aimed at improving its platforms : “We have a responsibility to keep people's information safe and secure. “With this app, we are collecting the minimum amount of information necessary to help us build better products.