Police Can Spy on Your iOS and Android Push Notifications

Governments can demand that Apple and Google share metadata tied to push notifications on iOS and Android, according to Senator Ron Wyden and court records reviewed by WIRED. Wyden's letter to the US Department of Justice asks to let Apple and Google discuss such government requests with users, which he says the government has required them to keep secret. The records can reveal which apps a person has used, when they received notifications, and the phone linked to an account, though not notification content. Apple says it will detail these requests in its next transparency report, and Google says it already includes them in its transparency reports.