HOW TO BLOCK UNWANTED WEBSITE NOTIFICATIONS ON A MAC
Push notifications were the best thing since sliced bread when they appeared first in Android and later in iOS and iPadOS. Instead of requiring a lot of attention, a notification can appear briefly, is easily dismissed, and can be controlled – you can suppress apps from showing them all together, all the way to allowing Critical Alerts in some apps for events you absolutely don’t want to miss a message about.
Apple added push notifications to Safari in macOS to let websites access the system-wide notification system because the increasing reliance on web apps (a website that provides an app-like set of features) means you could have a tab open performing tasks that require your attention.
It’s a double-edged sword, though: spammers, scammers, and assorted thieves and ne’erdo-wells take advantage of any opening to try to part you from your money through lies and fear. A malicious site can leverage push notifications to fill the right edge screen with unwanted alerts.
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