• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    The article states that Apple recommends not putting any sensitive data in the payloads as well as encrypting the payloads

    This sounds a lot like a scenario where Apple informs that a mechanism used for standard mobile communication is being survived by governments not necessarily a scenario where something Apple or google are doing is inherently surveillance.

    Here it seems like the surveillance is occurring at the 3rd parties who send the push notifications.

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        11 months ago

        Right?

        First they get location data because cell towers and people not caring.

        Then they notice all these message notifications between these dozen people at this time, at this location, that happens to coincide with a protest.

        Ding, fries are done!