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Re:FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account,... by solaarphunk on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:58PM (#27158338)
It’s worth noting that if you use iMessage for MacOS, all of your messages are stored unencrypted, in plain text, on your computer HD.
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Re:FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account,... by ibigb on Friday May 14, 2021 @04:48PM (#27159514)
I'd guess most macos systems (laptops) have encrypted hard drives.
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Re:FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account,... by solaarphunk on Friday May 14, 2021 @09:15PM (#27161370)
Yes, however if you use a company computer, those are typically logged by monitoring software and archived elsewhere.
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Re:FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account,... by ric2b on Sunday May 16, 2021 @02:10PM (#27175727)
That protects you in the case of physical theft but not from any other program you run exfiltrating the data.
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