Android and iOS don’t let mobile apps run continuously in the background. If an app is closed or in the background, it generally can’t talk to its own servers.
Instead, Google and Apple provide a service that allows the apps’ servers to push a message even if the app is closed.
Is there a reason the notifications go through Apple/Google servers instead of directly from the services themselves?
Although, that wouldn’t necessarily stop the government from requesting the data from those services instead.
Either way, Wyden is continuing to be the top senator/politician on digital privacy for over a decade at this point.
Android and iOS don’t let mobile apps run continuously in the background. If an app is closed or in the background, it generally can’t talk to its own servers.
Instead, Google and Apple provide a service that allows the apps’ servers to push a message even if the app is closed.