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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by mlindner on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:23PM (#18729252)
This is false. iCloud data doesn't contain phone call contents or iMessage data contents. Yes they gave access to metadata, but this is China where privacy basically doesn't exist, not a western country.
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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by bduerst on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:36PM (#18729364)
Wrong - Apple moved all iCloud data, which includes text messages, email and other data stored in iCloud (according to Reuters) as well as the access keys. Apple even forced users to sign the updated TOS or drop service.

The Chinese government access is _not_ limited to metadata.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insigh...

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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by mlindner on Saturday December 29, 2018 @01:57AM (#18782370)
Text messages are not stored in iCloud...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303

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Re:Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person by B0btheBuilder on Thursday December 20, 2018 @05:21PM (#18729708)
>iCloud data doesn't contain phone call contents or iMessage data contents.

Literally the first paragraph of both of bduerst's links suggest otherwise.

Also, I don't know if you've used iCloud on multiple devices before, but it very much contains iMessage data contents.

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