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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 will now require a court order or search warrant to give push notification data to law enforcement in a shift from the previous practice of accepting a subpoena to hand over data. In Apple’s ...

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 ...

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 ...