A recent report revealed that popular social media apps are as follows: Facebook, TikTok and X They use a method to collect user data through notifications on iOS devices.
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According to Mysk cyber security experts, these applications: notifications ‘apps’ to perform tasks in the background even if they are not actively used by users.
This method results in privacy concernsIt involves the use of personalized notifications sent to users through the mobile application.
Apple introduced this feature with the release of iOS 10, allowing apps to enrich notifications with additional content by running tasks in the background.
Theoretically, this system is designed as follows: notifications are processed by the application before being delivered to the userallows adding message-related actions. Once this process is completed, the task is closed.
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The Mysk report highlights that some developers use this feature for: optionally run code in the backgroundtakes advantage of the moment when notifications are personalized.
During this short period of time, data is collected from the user’s deviceSuch as iPhone model, keyboard language, available memory capacity or battery status, among other details.
While the researchers state that “these signals are widely used to take fingerprints and track users in different applications developed by different developers,” they also state that “fingerprinting is strictly prohibited on iOS and iPadOS.”
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The procedure is not limited to data only at the time the data is collected. notifications are received and processed by application. It has been determined that social networks such as Facebook and TikTok continue to send data even after the user deletes the notification, thus spreading concerns about privacy and non-consensual use of user data.
Other practices mentioned in the report include: Messenger, Instagram, Topics and XIt expands the range of platforms that can be included in this application.
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*This content was rewritten with the help of artificial intelligence, based on information published by Europa Press, and reviewed by the journalist and editor.
Source: Exame
