"Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications".
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/
#Push services from #Google and #Apple are used in many messaging apps, letting those companies see a lot of about what the users are doing on their #mobile devices. It is clearly a rich source of #metadata with huge #privacy concerns.
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Article on push notifications by @David ! Very interesting !
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Very interesting. It seems there is a load of information in the notification payloads. The article also mentions this article by a French Developper: https://blog.davidlibeau.fr/push-notifications-are-a-privacy-nightmare/ #privacy #notifications