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You do without Google Play services and Apple services
Google Play services and Apple services provide central infrastructures for some apps. For example, push messages are sent via these services. Government agencies use this fact to monitor iPhone and Android devices.
More information
You can protect yourself from this by using apps that do not require Google or Apple services. Also avoid alternatives such as microG if you have installed your own operating system. For example, install apps from F-Droid that do not require these services. Messengers such as Telegram, Signal and Matrix offer their own alternatives for centralized push messages.
Sources and further links
- 2024-01-24 - Golem: Prominente iOS-Apps spähen heimlich Gerätedaten aus
- 2023-12-13 - Tarnkappe: Apple-Richtlinien: Gerichtliche Anordnung für Push-Daten Pflicht!
- 2023-12-07 - Kuketz: Android: Abhilfe gegen staatliche Überwachung durch Push-Nachrichten
- 2023-12-07 - Golem: Behörden spionieren Nutzer über Push-Benachrichtigungen aus
- 2023-12-06 - Netzpolitik: Behörden fragen Apple und Google nach Nutzern von Messenger-Apps
What is this task relevant for?
- Important basics
- Political activism
- Behavior-based risks
- Apps and operating system
- Rather more complicated