Another quote from the article: "The data that is required to 'turn on any push notification service' is quite invasive and can unexpectedly reveal/track your location/store your movement with a third-party marketing company or one of the app stores, which is merely a court order or subpoena away from potentially exposing those personal details."
Those little popups may reveal location, device details, IP address, and more
"App developers can encrypt these messages when they're stored (in transit they're protected by TLS) but the associated metadata – the app receiving the notification, the time stamp, and network details – is not encrypted."
This post featured on hackernews argues that users should be aware that this makes your google account only as secure as your weakest device security and thus isn't ideal for the average user: https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/10/10/dont-use-google-passkeys-now
Two boys, adult sent to hospital with minor injures after car crashes daycare fence
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Two young boys and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car crashed into the fence of daycare in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday.
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Two young boys and a woman were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car crashed into the fence of daycare in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday.York Regional Police said a car being driven by a man in his 80s lost control in a parking lot on Wednesday morning and hit the fence of the daycare, where children and staff were in a yard.
A major intersection in downtown Toronto is about to get a complete redesign that will mark a first for the city, and is thus unfortunately bound t...
Kinda wish they'd put up more of those. Encourage safer behaviour on the streets and help plug the hole in the city budget.
Toronto's biggest cash cow of a speed camera once again ranked at the top of the City's 75 such traffic enforcement devices, its tally rising to we...
The news truck bursting through the exterior of 299 Queen Street West may not be enough of a landmark for Greater Toronto Area residents, who just ...
The tentative opening date of the much-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT will be revealed by the end of the summer, the head of Metrolinx has announced.
"The tentative opening date of the much-delayed Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) line will be revealed by the end of the summer, the head of Metrolinx announced Thursday.
Phil Verster, the chief executive officer of the Crown agency, was asked during an unrelated news conference about the status of the LRT, which will be the future Line 5 of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
"There's been a huge amount of work to figure out what a credible schedule looks like," he said.
"(I'm) keen to give you by the end of the summer a clear indication of when that Line 5 would be in service."
It will be the first time that Metrolinx will provide a possible date of completion for the transit line that was initially set to open in 2020.
Construction on the $5.5 billion Crosstown began in 2011.
Since then, it has been plagued with issues, including the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain problems, leading to its opening date being pushed back several times.
The construction and ensuing delays have also caused headaches for residents and businesses along Eglinton Avenue.
22 Toronto parks approved in pilot program allowing alcohol consumption.
Toronto’s Economic and Community Development Committee has passed a time-limited pilot program to city council that will allow the public consumption of alcohol in 22 parks into the fall.
The committee met to discuss the pilot program on Thursday. City council approved a plan last month that would see alcohol permitted in parks in designated wards across the city from August 2 to October 9.
The pilot program will be considered by city council on July 19, 2023. Alcohol in Parks Pilot Program – parks included:
Eglinton Park, Ward 8 – Eglinton-Lawrence Earlscourt, Ward 9 – Davenport Dufferin Grove Park, Ward 9 – Davenport Campbell Avenue Playground and Park, Ward 9 – Davenport Dovercourt Park, Ward 9 – Davenport Roundhouse Park, Ward 10 – Spadina-Fort York Trinity Bellwoods Park, Ward 10 – Spadina-Fort York Christie Pits Park, Ward 11 – University-Rosedale Queen’s Park (110 Wellesley St W), Ward 11 – University-Rosedale Sir Winston Churchill Park, Ward 12 – Toronto-St. Paul’s Corktown Common, Ward 13 – Toronto Centre Greenwood Park, Ward 14 – Toronto-Danforth Riverdale Park East, Ward 14 – Toronto-Danforth Withrow Park, Ward 14 – Toronto-Danforth Monarch Park, Ward 14 – Toronto-Danforth Skymark Park, Ward 17 – Don Valley North Lee Lifeson Art Park, Ward 18 – Willowdale East Toronto Athletic Field, Ward 19 – Beaches-East York Milliken Park, Ward 23 – Scarborough North Neilson Park – Scarborough, Ward 25 – Scarborough-Rouge Park Underpass Park, Ward 13 – Toronto Centre, 29 Lower River Street Morningside Park, Ward 24 – Scarborough-Guildwood, 390 Morningside Avenue
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