"iPhone Apps Abuse iOS Push Notifications to Collect User Data"

According to mobile researcher Mysk, many iOS apps collect user data about devices through background processes triggered by push notifications, potentially enabling the creation of fingerprinting profiles for tracking. These apps evade Apple's background app activity restrictions, posing a privacy risk for iPhone users. After analyzing what data is sent by iOS background processes when receiving or clearing notifications, Mysk discovered that the practice was far more common than previously thought, affecting many widely used apps. This article continues to discuss iPhone apps' abuse of iOS push notifications.

Bleeping Computer reports "iPhone Apps Abuse iOS Push Notifications to Collect User Data"

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