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Re:Android and iOS data collection by jeroenhd on Sunday October 03, 2021 @07:59PM (#28741626)
Wouldn't this kill the phone's ability to receive notifications? I don't think apps can just poll their servers like it's 2010 anymore.
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Re:Android and iOS data collection by judge2020 on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:03AM (#28743282)
Apple provides a list of IPs used by APNS if you need it but want to block the rest of 17 or 2620:149:: (I believe the other IPv6 prefixes are for non-US use).

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203609

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Re:Android and iOS data collection by walterbell on Monday October 04, 2021 @02:54AM (#28743855)
Super useful, thanks.

Good that Apple provides this "stable firewall interface".

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Re:Android and iOS data collection by walterbell on Sunday October 03, 2021 @08:36PM (#28741830)
Yes, battery-conserving notification interrupts are part of an always-reachable lifestyle, which requires surrender to behavioral telemetry with the potential long-term consequence of influencing the human's behavior (e.g. via advertising).

Regardless of an app's implementation of polling/notifications, most apps will poll servers when first started or network service is restored.

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