🚨🎬 Privacy Concerns about Apple Push Notifications
TL;DR: data-hungry apps use push notifications as a trigger to send app analytics and device information to their remote servers, even if the apps aren't running at all on your iPhone. Such apps include TikTok, Facebook, FB Messenger, Instagram, Threads, X, and many more.
Watch this video to see it in action:
https://youtu.be/4ZPTjGG9t7s
🧵 1/9
#Privacy #Security #Cybersecurity #Apple #iPhone #Facebook #TikTok #InfoSec #iOS
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