Update: Apple issued the following statement to 9to5Mac: Apple is committed to transparency and we have long been a supporter of efforts to ensure that providers are able to disclose as much ...

Governments have been secretly tracking the app activity of an unknown number of people using Apple and Google smartphones, US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) revealed today. In a letter demanding that the ...

Editor’s note: Updates 12/7/2023 with an update to Apple’s Legal Process Guidelines. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon announced on Wednesday that he has requested that the Department of Justice allow ...

Every time an iPhone lights up with a notification, that alert has already passed through Apple’s servers. For years, that routing created a quiet surveillance channel: law enforcement agencies could ...

The tech giant is shifting away from its practice of accepting subpoenas to hand over push notification data to law enforcement. © Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via ...

Tech giant Apple Inc. AAPL has updated its Legal Process Guidelines to incorporate data from push notifications. This change comes in response to law enforcement agencies’ requests and was made public ...

Apple’s push service brings a new level of cloud interactivity to iPhone users. Critics say it’s a poor substitute for background processing. Apple’s missing link for the iPhone has been a two-way ...

Some governments are spying on push notifications sent to iPhone users, Apple confirmed Wednesday. By examining logs of push notifications sent by various apps, authorities can piece together ...

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The average US smartphone user gets about 46 push notifications a day, according to app analysis firm Business of Apps. OK, let's do some math: There are more than 1.46 billion active iPhone users ...

Apple will now require a court order or search warrant to give push notification data to law enforcement in a shift from the previous practice of accepting a subpoena to hand over data. In Apple’s ...