Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the creation of fingerprinting profiles used for tracking.

Any time a company sends a push notification to an iPhone, its application can gather information about the user, including their location, according to security researchers. Meta and TikTok ...

Both in-app ads and push notifications are being used to identify and spy on iPhone users, according to two separate reports. When Apple changed the rules, to require apps to seek your permission ...

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Some Gmail complaints are perennial: Google won’t let me recover my account password, or a hacker has changed my two-factor authentication options. Now it seems you can add push notifications that ...

According to Apple’s latest transparency report — as noted by AppleInsider — global government requests for push notification data climbed from 119 in early 2023 to 277 by mid-2024. However, the tech ...

iOS 26.4.2 fixes a flaw that allowed access to deleted texts. The FBI exploited this flaw to recover messages from a Signal user. The patch should protect other messaging apps from this weakness. Many ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Apple's iOS 26.4 and iOS 18.7.8 fix the same flaw, in Notification Services, where ...