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New information from an inquiry by the U.S. Congress shows smartphone companies are sharing data from push notifications as part of government surveillance.

Governments can access records related to push notifications from mobile apps by requesting that data from Apple and Google, according to details in court records and a US senator.

Scammers are abusing the Notifications and Push APIs and Google Chrome on Android devices to push spam alerts customized to look like a missed phone call.

Android phones around the world have been buzzing with a strange stream of notifications this week.