security researcher Tommy Muskdiscovered a method of leaking data from iPhones, which are known to be relatively successful in protecting data. While notifications from applications are used in this method, Apple’s privacy rules “those who go aroundIt is none other than the companies that develop applications in .
The usual suspects are together again: Meta, TikTok, X…
Tommy Mysk’s firm Musk Inc In the investigations carried out by Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok and X/Twitter Many applications, especially Facebook, collect user data through notifications. Thus, companies can access user information even if the applications are closed. many people keep your phone charged and has been known to close apps to prevent data collection in the background. The technique of collecting data from notifications goes around these methods.
According to security researchers, companies collect information during the short background prompt execution time given for notification personalization. This information is also added to data pools by companies for analysis. In normal conditions AppleIt does not allow applications that are not started by the user to run, but since iOS 10, programs are active for a very short time when notifications are gone. Thus, data related to the notification is transmitted. In this short moment, many companies, personal data He has already collected it.
This data includes the software and hardware information of the device, Data to track usersThere is even information that will allow you to monitor interactions with other applications. Apple seems to be tightening its grip on this issue in future iOS updates.
