In early December 2023, we learned that unidentified governments were forcing Apple, under the guise of American law, to tell them the contents of push notifications from iPhone users.
Senator Ron Wyden also sent a letter to the US Department of Justice on this issue, expressing the urgent need to repeal the laws that prevent transparency of these types of requests. The topic of spying on push notifications from Apple smartphones is back on the agenda today, but this time with different protagonists.
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Meta, Microsoft and LinkedIn in the searcher
In a video posted on his YouTube channel, cybersecurity researcher Tommy Mysk shows how certain web giants deliberately violate rules imposed by Apple to refine their advertising targeting. This time it's not about democratic governments, but about companies like TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, Bing and Linkedin. Tommy Mysk explains in his video how they hijack push notifications to collect user data.
The hypocrisy of confidentiality
Recently, many disturbing elements have increased the general distrust of large platforms. In particular, the investigation by Joseph Cox of 404 Media, which highlighted the offers of certain advertising agencies. The latter boasted of being able to spy on people using the microphone on their smartphones so that they could listen to their conversations. This with the aim of their Offer verbal promotion of the products or services in your daily conversations.
Despite constant promises from web giants regarding data protection, the temptation to profit seems to be far too great so that they decide to finally stop secretly collecting as much data as possible. As a reminder, Apple remains the only company that has not fallen into this trap. This is easily explained by the fact that the revenue does not come from advertising, and therefore our data is not as interesting for the company as for other GAFAM. However, it is good to note that Google is making the most effort in this area, although there are still many shortcomings.
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