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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Apple has updated its law enforcement guidelines to now require a court order for sharing push notification data. Revised policy follows scrutiny after tech giants were found providing notification ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A senator's open letter making it public that iPhone push notifications can be used to track users has let Apple publish a warning about the topic. On Wednesday, Senator Wyden made a seemingly wild ...