{"id":2117314,"date":"2023-12-06T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-governments-spy-on-apple-and-google-users-through-push-notifications-ron-wyden-says\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T11:52:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T16:52:55","slug":"foreign-governments-spy-on-apple-and-google-users-through-push-notifications-ron-wyden-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-governments-spy-on-apple-and-google-users-through-push-notifications-ron-wyden-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Wyden claims foreign governments spy on Apple and Google users via push notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fforeign-governments-spy-on-apple-and-google-users-through-push-notifications-ron-wyden-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2117314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Foreign Governments Spying on Mobile Users Through Push Notifications, Senator Reveals<\/h2>\n<p>Senator \u2064Ron Wyden (D-OR), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has raised concerns about unidentified foreign governments using \u200dpush notifications to surveil mobile\u200c phone users. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Wyden \u200bquestioned how these governments sought data from tech giants Google and Apple for surveillance purposes. He emphasized that push notifications, the alerts displayed on a phone&#8217;s front \u200bscreen, were being exploited to spy on users. Wyden\u200d pointed out \u2063that \u2063Android and iOS devices store records of received notifications, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archeologists-discover-3-shipwrecks-in-treacherous-mediterranean-reef\/\" title=\"Archaeologists find 3 shipwrecks in dangerous Mediterranean reef.\">providing valuable insights<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-automakers-are-failing-to-protect-customer-privacy-report\/\" title=\"Automakers neglecting customer privacy, says report.\">users&#8217; daily lives<\/a>, which government\u2062 officials have requested.<\/p>\n<h3>Power of the Pen: Biden Issues Two More Veto Threats<\/h3>\n<p>Wyden highlighted that Apple and Google, due to their push notification practices, hold a unique\u200b position that enables government surveillance of users&#8217; app usage. He urged the DOJ to revise any policies that \u200dimpede discussions on\u200c push notification spying. While Wyden\u2063 did not disclose the specific foreign governments \u2064involved, it has been reported that both foreign and \u2064federal agencies have previously sought\u2063 metadata \u2064related to push notifications\u2062 to link\u200b anonymous accounts to specific Apple\u2062 or Google accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Apple swiftly responded to Wyden&#8217;s concerns, expressing a willingness to enhance transparency regarding \u200bthis \u2063practice. &#8220;In this case, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/removing-the-confederate-memorial-at-arlington-isnt-about-racial-reconciliation-its-about-political-power\/\" title=\"Removing The Confederate Memorial At Arlington Isn\u2019t About Racial Reconciliation, It\u2019s About Political Power\">federal government prohibited<\/a> us from sharing any \u200cinformation,&#8221; Apple stated.\u2062 &#8220;Now \u200dthat this method has\u200d become public, we are updating our transparency reporting \u200cto detail these kinds of\u200d requests.&#8221; On the other hand, Google and the DOJ have not provided any comments in response to inquiries from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How \u2063do push notifications on Android \u200dand iOS devices provide government \u200bofficials with insights into users&#8217; daily \u2062activities?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Foreign Governments Spying on Mobile Users Through Push Notifications, Senator Reveals<\/p>\n<p>Senator \u2064Ron Wyden (D-OR) of the Senate Select Committee on\u200d Intelligence has \u200crecently\u200d expressed concerns regarding the misuse of push notifications by\u200b unidentified foreign governments. In a letter addressed to the\u200b Department \u2064of Justice, Wyden questioned\u200b the methods by which these foreign governments were able to access data from \u200dtech giants \u200bGoogle and Apple for surveillance purposes. He emphasized that push notifications, the\u200b alerts appearing on a phone&#8217;s front\u2063 screen, were\u200b being exploited to spy on unsuspecting\u200b users. Furthermore, Wyden highlighted\u2062 that Android and iOS devices retain\u200c records of received notifications, providing government officials with valuable \u200cinsights into users&#8217; daily activities.<\/p>\n<p>Wyden called attention to the\u2062 unique position \u200bheld by Apple and Google due to their push \u200cnotification practices, enabling \u2063government\u2064 surveillance of app\u200c usage\u200c by mobile users. He urged the Department of Justice \u200dto review any \u2064policies that hinder discussions regarding\u200d the issue of push notification spying. While Wyden did not disclose the specific foreign governments involved, reports suggest\u2062 that both\u2063 foreign and federal\u2062 agencies have previously sought metadata related to \u2064push notifications, specifically to link anonymous accounts to specific Apple or Google accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Apple, \u200din response to Wyden&#8217;s concerns, swiftly addressed the \u200dissue and expressed their willingness to\u200d enhance transparency in relation to these practices. According to Apple, the\u200b federal government has previously prohibited \u2064them from sharing any information on \u2064the matter. However,\u2063 now \u2064that this method\u2062 of surveillance has become public knowledge, Apple stated their intention \u200bto update \u200dtheir\u2063 transparency reporting to provide more detailed\u2062 information regarding such requests.\u2064 On\u200b the \u200cother hand, both Google and the Department of Justice have yet to provide\u200d any comments in response to inquiries from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>This revelation regarding foreign governments&#8217; exploitation of push notifications emphasizes the potential vulnerabilities within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-opens-chinese-studies-center-with-ccp-ties\/\" title=\"Stanford Opens Chinese Studies Center With CCP Ties\">mobile devices<\/a> and \u2062highlights the need \u200cfor comprehensive measures to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-says-government-access-to-twitter-blew-his-mind\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Says Government Access To Twitter \u2018Blew\u2019 His Mind\">protect users&#8217; privacy<\/a>. As push notifications have become an integral\u200d part\u200d of our \u2063day-to-day \u200clives, it is crucial for both tech companies and governments to prioritize privacy and ensure that sensitive information\u2063 remains secure. \u200bThe concerns raised by Senator Wyden serve as a \u200creminder that vigilance \u2064and transparency\u200d are necessary to safeguard mobile users&#8217; privacy rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) revealed that foreign governments are spying on mobile phone users via push notifications. As a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Wyden wrote to the Department of Justice, seeking information on how foreign officials approached Google and Apple for surveillance data. He briefly touched on the topic of phone notifications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2117315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2117315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}