I have read Apple reveals 'push notification spying' by foreign governments and https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.10589 and the forum thread about it here at PG , Is there a way to check if notifications from bank apps are e2ee or sent in plaintext ? I know metadata will be leaked in all cases and that’s …

[image] overuse: Is there a way to check if notifications from bank apps are e2ee or sent in plaintext ? Dynamic analysis, place Windows in a VM, use network monitoring tools, and see what leaks out.

If applications use WNS (a lot do I believe), then yes: [image] Windows Push Notification Services (WNS) overview - Windows apps The Windows Push Notification Services (WNS) enables third-party developers to send toast, tile, badge, and raw updates from their own cloud service. This pro…

[image] overuse: is there a way to know if a windows app uses WNS Probably, but it’s cumbersome. However, when browsing through event viewer, I noticed there is a policy in gpedit.msc to disable WNS (do so at your own risk) under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu…

on Firefox there’s a pref for this you can set via about:config; alerts.useSystemBackend.windows.notificationserver.enabled

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