Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator
Apps of all kinds rely on push notifications to alert smartphone users to incoming messages, others
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Apps of all kinds rely on push notifications to alert smartphone users to incoming messages, others
Unnamed governments are surveilling smartphone users through push notifications from their apps, a US senator warned Wednesday. In a letter to the Justice
Apps of all kinds rely on push notifications to alert smartphone users to incoming messages, breaking news, and other updates. These are the audible "dings" or visual indicators users get when they receive an email or their sports team wins a game. What users often do not realize is that almost all such notifications travel over Google and Apple's servers.
Ron Wyden of Kansas told the Department of Justice that foreign officials were demanding data from Alphabet's Google and Apple.
Although details were sparse, a letter to the Department of Justice from Senator Ron Wyden lays out yet another path by which governments can track smartphones