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Re:OpenPush: A Free, Decentralized Push Messaging Framework ... by kwanbix on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:03AM (#22308435)
I noticed that. That said, how does whatsapp is never affected by this? How do they achieve it?
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Re:OpenPush: A Free, Decentralized Push Messaging Framework ... by finchisko on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:19AM (#22308542)
i believe whatsapp and few other most common apps are on a white list of apps allowed to run in the background.
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Re:OpenPush: A Free, Decentralized Push Messaging Framework ... by curt15 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @09:19AM (#22308971)
Can this white list be edited by the user?
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Re:OpenPush: A Free, Decentralized Push Messaging Framework ... by f1refly on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @06:32PM (#22313926)
In most cases not
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Re:OpenPush: A Free, Decentralized Push Messaging Framework ... by gruez on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:32AM (#22308633)
Does whatsapp roll their own push? I believe they use gcm, which is whitelisted by android.
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