• SMillerNL@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    I’m not the developer, but I do also write app backends for a living so I know there is some nuance that you’re skipping over in your response. But if you have a way to do this completely anonymous on android I’d suggest offering help to the developer who made this.

    Something that… links it to the device? Like, a unique ID that Apple can identify?

    APNS tokens are linked to the app install and renew on a certain timeline. Already making them not exactly the same as a device identifier.

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      20 hours ago

      Just figured I’d add Apples own documentation as well

      https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/registering-your-app-with-apns

      Apple Push Notification service (APNs) must know the address of a user’s device before it can send notifications to that device. This address takes the form of a device token unique to both the device and your app. At launch time, your app communicates with APNs and receives its device token, which you then forward to your provider server. Your server includes that token with any notifications it sends.

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      20 hours ago

      No, you’re right, GOOGLE will take the device identifier, but him talking about how he would need to store it, and especially for channels where he talks about user names and passwords really makes me think that he thinks he personally has to do it, with his own backend storing it. (edit: The point is, that he doesn’t HAVE to do it this way. You can, and it gives you more control, but you can let Google do it all. It’s never anonymous with anyone though.)

      Apple knows which devices have the app installed. They would be able to link that back to the device if it was demanded, even if it is a bit more obscured.