Governments Spying on Apple and Google Phone Users via Push Notifications, US Senator Ron Wyden Warns to Justice Department

Washington, December 7: Some unidentified governments around the world are spying on Apple and Google phone users through their push notifications, US Senator Ron Wyden has warned in a letter written to the Justice Department. The letter said that his office received a tip in 2022 that government agencies in foreign countries were demanding smartphone 슬롯사이트œpush슬롯사이트� notification records from Google and Apple.

슬롯사이트œMy staff have been investigating this tip for the past year, which included contacting Apple and Google. In response to that query, the companies told my staff that information about this practice is restricted from public release by the government,슬롯사이트� the letter further read.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Sheryl Sandberg, Activist and Former Meta COO, Speaks Out Against Rape During Israel-Hamas War.

Push notifications are the instant alerts delivered to smartphone users by apps, such as a notification about a new text message or a news update. They aren't sent directly from the app provider to users슬롯사이트� smartphones. Wyden said that Apple and Google can be 슬롯사이트œsecretly compelled by governments to hand over this information.슬롯사이트�

Last month, Apple sent "threat notifications" to individuals whose accounts are in nearly 150 countries, including in India. Apple is sending a team of experts to delve deep into the issue of some Indian politicians receiving threats notifications last month, warning them of state-sponsored hackers targeting their devices. The threat notification probe is currently being conducted by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).

슬롯사이트œApple and Google should be permitted to be transparent about the legal demands they receive, particularly from foreign governments, just as the companies regularly notify users about other types of government demands for data,슬롯사이트� Wyden wrote in the letter. These companies should be permitted to generally reveal whether they have been compelled to facilitate this surveillance practice, to publish aggregate statistics about the number of demands they receive, and unless temporarily gagged by a court, to notify specific customers about demands for their data, he added.

The letter, however, did not specify which foreign governments have asked Apple and Google for push notification information. 슬롯사이트œApple is committed to transparency and we have long been a supporter of efforts to ensure that providers are able to disclose as much information as possible to their users,슬롯사이트� a company spokesperson said in a statement.

슬롯사이트œIn this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information and now that this method has become public we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests,슬롯사이트� the spokesperson added.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Elon Musk, X Corp Sued by Former Twitter Security Head Over His 'Unlawful Sacking' for Protesting Cost-Cutting Measures at Company.

A Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company shares Wyden슬롯사이트™s 슬롯사이트œcommitment to keeping users informed about these requests.슬롯사이트� 슬롯사이트œWe were the first major company to publish a public transparency report sharing the number and types of government requests for user data we receive, including the requests referred to by Senator Wyden,슬롯사이트� according to Google.