Mobile notifications are not the preserve of Android phone and iPhone users, as governments manage to read the information shared, reveals US Senator Ron Wyden.

Apple and Google have confirmed that governments ask them for information about notifications from iPhone and Android smartphone users, although this practice has never been mentioned in their transparency reports.

Apple explains that the federal government prohibited them from disclosing this information, but now that it is public, they will update their transparency reports to include these requests.

 

 

The senator asked the government to allow companies to publish detailed statistics on these requests. He did not mention mass surveillance, but requests for information within the legal framework of judicial investigations.

Notifications, which are essential for many mobile applications, pass through Apple or Google servers, putting them in a privileged position to facilitate government surveillance. According to the senator, government agencies can obtain metadata and sometimes even unencrypted content from notifications.

Source : L’Usine Digitale

Mobile notifications are not the preserve of Android phone and iPhone users, as governments manage to read the information shared, reveals US Senator Ron Wyden.

Apple and Google have confirmed that governments ask them for information about notifications from iPhone and Android smartphone users, although this practice has never been mentioned in their transparency reports.

Apple explains that the federal government prohibited them from disclosing this information, but now that it is public, they will update their transparency reports to include these requests.

 

 

The senator asked the government to allow companies to publish detailed statistics on these requests. He did not mention mass surveillance, but requests for information within the legal framework of judicial investigations.

Notifications, which are essential for many mobile applications, pass through Apple or Google servers, putting them in a privileged position to facilitate government surveillance. According to the senator, government agencies can obtain metadata and sometimes even unencrypted content from notifications.

Source : L’Usine Digitale

Les notifications mobiles ne sont pas la chasse gardée des utilisateurs de téléphones Android et d’iPhones, car les gouvernements parviennent à lire les informations partagées, révèle le sénateur américain Ron Wyden.

Apple et Google ont confirmé que des gouvernements leur demandent des informations sur les notifications des utilisateurs d’iPhone et de smartphones Android, bien que cette pratique n’ait jamais été mentionnée dans leurs rapports de transparence.

Apple explique que le gouvernement fédéral leur interdisait de divulguer ces informations, mais maintenant qu’elle est publique, ils mettront à jour leur rapport de transparence pour inclure ces demandes.

 

 

Le sénateur a demandé au gouvernement d’autoriser les entreprises à publier des statistiques détaillées sur ces demandes. Il n’a pas mentionné une surveillance de masse, mais des demandes d’informations dans le cadre légal d’enquêtes judiciaires.

Les notifications, qui sont essentielles pour de nombreuses applications mobiles, passent par les serveurs d’Apple ou de Google, ce qui les place dans une position privilégiée pour faciliter la surveillance gouvernementale. Selon le sénateur, les agences gouvernementales peuvent obtenir des métadonnées et parfois même du contenu non chiffré des notifications.

Source : L’Usine Digitale