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.
  • Binthinkin@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    And to advertise their bullshit deals to keep you spending. Uber is a big one, Best Buy is another. Push notifications should have an option to opt out of spam notifications. They shouldn’t even be a thing.

    • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 year ago

      If they did that the headline may not contain Apple in it, instead they would list the actual perpetrators, and that would mean less ad revenue.