Comment on ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it

• Enkimaru@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well, who knows what is true and what not. I never knew that Push Notifications go via Apple, and not via the network operator. Definitely wrong is GraphenOS’s claim that Android does not allow access to the device id. Of course it does. For what reason would the ID exist if it does not? No idea if you need it for a FB message/notification though.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    who knows what is true and what not.

    Lots of people do.

    Definitely wrong is GraphenOS’s claim that Android does not allow access to the device id.

    That’s not what it says.

    No idea if you need it for a FB message/notification though.

    There has to be a way for Google/Apple to know which device to send the notif to.

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• Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Which part? Are you saying they have made an android version?

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  • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The link in the comment you’re replying to says which part is not true, but since you seem more willing to comment than to click a link and read, I’ll summarize:

    The part about the Apple Push Notification service requiring less information that can identify an individual user than Google’s Firebase Cloud Messaging is not true. Both use a similar token system. Furthermore, it is possible to build android apps with notifications that do not use FCM.

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    • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      they probably want to also make it as easy as possible for those who aren't technologically savvy or whose native language isn't english, though

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      • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Maybe they want that, but the statement on their website is not wrong on a technicality because it’s oversimplified; it’s wrong because it asserts a privacy difference between the two operating systems that does not exist.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Then don’t claim the reasoning is anonymity.

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  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, they are saying that Android and Apple both have a privacy issue on the same level.

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It’s not on the same level. Android at least provides the option of using an alternative notification system, and also supports downloading apps from anywhere.

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