NoBasic@mander.xyz to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSomehow, TikTok is sending me notifications even though I don't have the app. And in order to disable them I have to install it.mander.xyzimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down138
arrow-up1281arrow-down1imageSomehow, TikTok is sending me notifications even though I don't have the app. And in order to disable them I have to install it.mander.xyzNoBasic@mander.xyz to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareSkellybones@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoThe fuck how does that happen? Is it malware?
minus-squarekaty ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agohttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API
minus-squareLive2day@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoVery likely that you use web apps regularly. It’s very commonplace.
minus-squarelarvydelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoas with all web stuff, it’s sandboxed so it shouldn’t be able to do anything too malicious, but it can be annoying if you accidentally gave it permission to do stuff.
The fuck how does that happen? Is it malware?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API
Very likely that you use web apps regularly. It’s very commonplace.
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as with all web stuff, it’s sandboxed so it shouldn’t be able to do anything too malicious, but it can be annoying if you accidentally gave it permission to do stuff.