Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users by tracking push notifications that move through Google's and Apple's servers, a US...
  • JASN_DE@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That depends a lot on what you’re hosting resp. if the mobile apps are using Google’s/Apple’s messaging/notification services.

  • plague-sapiens@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s why everyone should use GrapheneOS. Sandboxed Google services can be used, if needed. I personally use 3 proprietary apps, one of them is WhatsApp Business (self-employed and for stupid dipshits that won’t use anything else…), which is more privacy-friendly than the personal client itself. Join the resistance! Use GrapheneOS :)

    • navi@lemmy.tespia.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      How does it handle push notifications? If they come from googles push service then they’d be exploitable as well.

    • Ashyr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      How do you sandbox Google apps? Is it possible to do that with Google docs? I’ve been replacing everything else, but Google docs is difficult to replace.