Comment by tchalla

2 days ago

Can someone explain why notification databases are stored for a long period of time? The article is behind a paywall.

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parliament32  2 days ago

I presume it's from here:

> Notification Center shows your notifications history, allowing you to scroll back and see what you've missed.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/108781

Note that although Android has a similar "notification history" feature, it's disabled by default and requires opt-in.

  • swrobel  1 day ago

    Why would it keep the notification history after they’ve been dismissed, though? There’s no user-facing way (that I’m aware of) to access a history of dismissed notifications.

    • traderj0e  15 hours ago

      Does it, or did the defendant just not dismiss them? Maybe if you delete the app, the notifications aren't dismissed.

DiabloD3  2 days ago

The article doesn't actually give a coherent answer on why.

People would generally claim "lazyness", as that is the Apple way. Why fix code when you can just sell new phones?

The actual answer is plausible deniability. Closed source software often leaks metadata in hard to discover ways so governments can deprive citizens of their rights under the law, and then claim "whoops, we didn't clean up correctly, our bad!".

Apple, like every other major tech company, goes along with it when nudged in the right direction.