In this video I discuss how a recent DOJ letter revealed that Apple and Google were sending peoples push notifications to foreign governments.

In this video I discuss how a recent DOJ letter revealed that Apple and Google were sending peoples push notifications to foreign governments.

  • CyanFen@lemmy.oneEnglish
    283·
    9 months ago

    Why in the hell do push notifications need to be generated on google/apple servers? I’m sure our phones are more than capable of processing the information from the app to the lock screen.

    • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
      70·
      9 months ago

      Because having multiple applications continuously running in the background polling multiple servers for notifications in real time is a good way to run down your battery very quickly

    • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      9 months ago

      App server > apple push server > app > lock screen.

      For battery efficiency reasons it’s better to use the apple push server that’s hooked into ios rather than your own push server

    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      It’s the difference between polling notifications, where each app wakes up once a minute and goes to ask their respective servers if there are any new notifications, and push notifications which, as the name suggests, are pushed to your phone once they arrive so those apps can sleep.