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> notifications going through Google That has never crossed my mind. Do notifications on Android normally go through Google servers? As in could be spied or da
by RamRodification 4y ago
> notifications going through Google
That has never crossed my mind. Do notifications on Android normally go through Google servers? As in could be spied or data mined on?
- cvwright 4y agoYes, unfortunately the platform providers are the only battery-efficient way of doing notifications on mobile phones.
- jazzyjackson 4y agoI suppose you're talking about push notifications to save battery life instead of an app that is constantly polling for new messages? I don't think all notifications are push notifications, and those that are would be https encrypted between the host and client, so any e2ee message would have to be decrypted on device before showing a notification, google should not have access to this, but of course it comes back to whether you should trust anything software tells you.
- barbazoo 4y agoI might be wrong here, see sibling comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33123325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33123325