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Apple Gave Governments Data On Thousands of Push Notifications


An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Apple provided governments around the world with data related to thousands of push notifications sent to its devices, which can identify a target's specific device or in some cases include unencrypted content like the actual text displayed in the n...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Apple provided governments around the world with data related to thousands of push notifications sent to its devices, which can identify a target's specific device or in some cases include unencrypted content like the actual text displayed in the notification, according to data published by Apple. Andre Meister from German media outlet Netzpolitik posted a link to the transparency data to Mastodon on Tuesday. When users allow a currently installed application to receive notifications, a push token is generated and registered to that developer and device.

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