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.

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 ...

Both in-app ads and push notifications are being used to identify and spy on iPhone users, according to two separate reports. When Apple changed the rules, to require apps to seek your permission ...

Some Gmail complaints are perennial: Google won’t let me recover my account password, or a hacker has changed my two-factor authentication options. Now it seems you can add push notifications that ...

On 9 April 2026, 404 Media published an article about how the FBI was able to extract copies of incoming Signal messages from a defendant’s iPhone, even though the Signal app had been deleted. That ...

Android 17 may introduce Notification Rules. The feature lets users control alerts by app and contact. Reported by Android Authority, it includes actions like silence, block, bundle, and highlight for ...

With iOS 18 introducing a slew of new system customizations, the iPhone has become more Android-like than ever. Nevertheless, a prominent flaw continues to hold back numerous green-bubbled users from ...