push notifications persist on iOS even after logging out of the Monzo app. This can result in personal data being leaked.
Turn push notifications on for Monzo. Then log out of the app. New push notifications still come in per whatever options were chosen before logging out, such as transaction notifications.
I think talk of leaking is a stretch, personally. Itās still my phone in my possession.
Iām not sure notifications are (or should be) dependent on the log in state anyway, although I can see that an element of personal choice may be desirable.
I can see a scenario where I allow someone else to log into Monzo on my phone temporarily, however, that might cause issues. I wonder what happens then?
Hopefully it could still be resolved by a reinstall, even then.
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I thought that was what was supposed to happen? Itās the whole point of push notifications for any app, isnāt it? Or an I misunderstanding what you are trying to do?
Youāll have to uninstall the app to stop the notifications?
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You can stop them in iOS settings. You can also disable rich notifications.
For me, Iād want to receive notifications when the app is logged out. I donāt need a notification to tell me Iāve just spent my money. But I put up with those, because I do want a notification if someone else is spending my money. That would apply whether the app was logged out or not.
If thatās what you want then donāt log out. But if you log out, you shouldnāt receive notifications. Just like you donāt from Facebook or Messenger or any other app.
I couldnāt agree more, I was struggling with some of the comments in this thread! If you log out of something, you are no longer connected to the service.
Amexās logged out state is different to Monzoās. For example, you can log into Amexās with biometric id, more akin to Monzoās āuse biometric authentication everytime I open the appā.
This is disingenuous, the proportion of people that log out every time they close the app is (Iām guessing, but this is fairly common-sense) very small.
I wouldnāt get too hung up on the numbers, personally, Iām not particularly worried either way. I was just pointing out that, as with all things, this isnāt a cut and dried issue.