Apple confirms governments using push notifications to surveil users

2 years ago (macrumors.com)

dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38543155

So what solutions do we have?

I run unified push on my Nextcloud server with app on device called Nextpush. This is used by some apps I use. Some apps use web sockets, but I understand this is resource consumptive when constantly running in the background. Some apps are able to piggy back on my Cheogram app for push notifications. I use an Android fork without any Google Play Services. I don't know what is possible with Iphones.

So, just disable push notifications -> No tracking?

  • I would assume that just prevents the display on your phone. Apps still send attempts at notifications through Apple servers I believe. This might work if you disable them in the app itself instead of your phone settings