Any time a company sends a push notification to an iPhone, its application can gather information about the user, including their location, according to security researchers. Meta and TikTok ...

Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the creation of fingerprinting profiles used for tracking.

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 ...

Back in December, we learned that governments and law enforcement agencies are able to spy on your smartphone activity by requesting your push notification data from Apple or Google. Very cool and ...

iPhone apps are scooping up your data via push notifications, according to a new report. Credit: Getty Images Push notifications are being exploited to invasively collect user data once again, ...

I’ll probably be turning them off, but at least they’ll be an option. I’ll probably be turning them off, but at least they’ll be an option. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more.

A couple of years ago, I got a text from a friend that read simply, “This seems bad.” With it was a screenshot of something that did seem, at best, not great: an iPhone push notification from the ...