Apple’s push service brings a new level of cloud interactivity to iPhone users. Critics say it’s a poor substitute for background processing. Apple’s missing link for the iPhone has been a two-way ...

Governments have been secretly tracking the app activity of an unknown number of people using Apple and Google smartphones, US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) revealed today. In a letter demanding that the ...

The average US smartphone user gets about 46 push notifications a day, according to app analysis firm Business of Apps. OK, let's do some math: There are more than 1.46 billion active iPhone users ...

If you have push notifications turned on for sensitive apps, you may want to reconsider your settings. The United States government and foreign law enforcement can demand Apple and Google share ...

Every time an iPhone lights up with a notification, that alert has already passed through Apple’s servers. For years, that routing created a quiet surveillance channel: law enforcement agencies could ...

Some governments are spying on push notifications sent to iPhone users, Apple confirmed Wednesday. By examining logs of push notifications sent by various apps, authorities can piece together ...

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The tech giant is shifting away from its practice of accepting subpoenas to hand over push notification data to law enforcement. © Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via ...

Tech giant Apple Inc. AAPL has updated its Legal Process Guidelines to incorporate data from push notifications. This change comes in response to law enforcement agencies’ requests and was made public ...

Developers on Apple platforms now have a new way to gain insight into push notification performance for their apps. Apple has announced the release of its new push notification delivery monitoring ...

Apple will now require a court order or search warrant to give push notification data to law enforcement in a shift from the previous practice of accepting a subpoena to hand over data. In Apple’s ...