this post was submitted on 12 Dec 2023
5 points (100.0% liked)

News

224 readers
1 users here now

Breaking news and current events worldwide.

founded 1 year ago
5
Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator (www.reuters.com)
submitted 11 months ago by snarf@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social
1 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday.

In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet's Google and Apple. Although details were sparse, the letter lays out yet another path by which governments can track smartphones.

top 1 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] loops 3 points 11 months ago

"Only we can spy on our citizens."