Facebook isn't sorry about its shady 'research' app

Facebook may have just been caught spying on teens' phones under the guise of "market research," but the company isn't about to apologize for it.

In a company memo published by Business insider, Facebook's VP of Production, Engineering, and Security Pedro Canahuati, attempts to explain the company's ongoing drama with Apple that resulted from news of its "research" app being made public.

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Apple earlier revoked Facebook's Enterprise Certificate, which allows companies to distribute apps internally outside of its App Store. Thousands of Facebook employees rely on these apps for day-to-day work. On Thursday, Apple granted Facebook a new Enterprise Certificate, but the company now has to rebuild "a few dozen" apps, as Canahuat explained in his memo to employees. Read more...

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