Kevin BeaumontSep 14, 2025

For privacy researchers, this thread is interesting. iOS allow apps to make network requests after push notifications.

Instagram (and others) appear to be using this to profile devices, eg retrieve device uptime without their customer opening Instagram.

This one probably needs more eyes on it. https://mastodon.social/@mysk/115204746326765802

Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Sep 14, 2025
@GossiTheDog there are good reasons to be cautious about whose software you allow on your devices. I'm curious about who else might be doing the same thing.
Show threadFluffy Kitty Cat
@fencepost @GossiTheDog a lot of big companies are putting out software that meets the dictionary definition of malware
Sep 15, 2025 at 1:31amWeb
Show threadChucklesSep 15, 2025
@fluffykittycat @fencepost @GossiTheDog by dictionary definition all big companies are shipping malware, and nothing but