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Episode 164 - Everyone can spy on your notifications

Apple, Google and "unidentified" governments are spying on users through push notifications. In many cases, the data sent through them is unprotected. 

Coverage: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/

Technical explanation: https://blog.davidlibeau.fr/push-notifications-are-a-privacy-nightmare/

Comments

Developers of convenience rarely think of implications. Even Signal ties their service to Google to the point it makes them look really arrogant.

The Hated One

This is honestly quite surprising. I never would have expected notifications to be an attack vector. I need to think about how I want to go about my privacy in this regard, as I don't trust myself to remember to check certain apps. But there are some apps, that really do not require any notifications on my device.

Nameless


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