Apple has quietly updated its law enforcement guidelines in the wake of reports that governments can use push notifications to spy on people, now confirming it requires a judge’s order to hand over the data to law enforcement.
Last week, Apple admitted that the government can spy on your iPhone’s push notifications, after a letter from Senator Ron Wyden sent to the Department of Justice revealed foreign officials had examined such data from both Apple and Google. While Wyden wanted to repeal or change the policy that forced Apple’s silence on issues like this, Apple issued a statement confirming that because the method was made public in the letter, it could update its transparency reporting and reveal these kinds of requests.
