Every network that carries your communication gets the metadata.
In this case, it seems like that metadata would 'just' be the time you sent and received messages from the server. Depending on how Google's push protocol works.
So for the average person that would be fine, but if you were seriously annoying a government that was in bed with your phone company, they could probably figure out who was a part of your cell by the timing of your sent and received messages.
In this case, it seems like that metadata would 'just' be the time you sent and received messages from the server. Depending on how Google's push protocol works.
So for the average person that would be fine, but if you were seriously annoying a government that was in bed with your phone company, they could probably figure out who was a part of your cell by the timing of your sent and received messages.