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If you have deeper access to the OS, then fingerprint unlock or FaceID also seem important for positive identification prior to, for example, a Predator strike.
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I’m no expert but in my experience developing mobile applications & push notifications, I’ve only registered a device for notifications (and subsequently sent notifications) if the user opted in. Based on my own experience, I would say if you didn’t enable notifications for a particular service or app, they don’t get sent.
The app developer will still send them to Apple / Google though so the data will still be available to snoop on.
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It’s likely the five eyes allied nations.
Yep. Most likely to try and catch Chinese spies or other countries like India, Iran, Russia, and others as they continue to go after dissidents abroad.
This, to me, is the more disturbing part of the article: > In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information," the company said in a statement. "Now that this method has become public we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests. What is the point of transparency reports if they don't include major vectors of government surveillance? IMO such gag orders sh…
perhaps that democracy is not effective when the state organs are unelected bureacrats with guns
Perhaps we just go with rock solid transparency laws...
This, to me, is the more disturbing part of the article: > In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information," the company said in a statement. "Now that this method has become public we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests. What is the point of transparency reports if they don't include major vectors of government surveillance? IMO such gag orders sh…
I see you have not read the Patriot Act, an Orwellian double-speak of a title if there ever was one.
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Seems like a pretty open and shut case of unconstitutional restriction of speech in the US. Especially when you consider the wording of the Apple communication saying that they can talk about it openly now that it's public knowledge.
Given the US has a 4th Amendment-free zone within 100 miles of all national borders in the name of national security, I expect the same justification and level of oversight here. https://www.aclu.org/documents/constitution-100-mile-border-...
This, to me, is the more disturbing part of the article: > In this case, the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information," the company said in a statement. "Now that this method has become public we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests. What is the point of transparency reports if they don't include major vectors of government surveillance? IMO such gag orders sh…
perhaps that democracy is not effective when the state organs are unelected bureacrats with guns
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perhaps that democracy is not effective when the state organs are unelected bureacrats with guns
I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. That's been a common charge against our vast unelected bureaucracy, most of whom hold qualified immunity. We're trillions of dollars in debt, maybe it's time to peel some of it back a little.
Yet another reason to be a happy GAPPSless LineageOS user
You're kidding yourself if you think three letter agencies don't have LOS users on a list and have capabilities to spy on them on demand with tailored access.
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They mention metadata in the article. Imagine sending a message to a Signal account at time X, then asking Apple a list of all users that received a Signal notification at that specific time.
That doesn't make sense. I would expect Signal notifications to happen completely out-of-band with "normal" push notifications (e.g. NYT news alert). Otherwise that completely defeats the purpose of the service. Basically you're saying Apple/Google are MITM'ing Signal.
Assuming Signal sends push notifications of some sort, as most messaging services do, that would make them vulnerable to the metadata-level attacks described in this thread.
What kind of "out-of-band" are you thinking of that would mitigate this issue?