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Re:Apple can read your iMessages (even though they’re E2E en... by AbjectFailure on Saturday August 28, 2021 @04:48PM (#28341347)
iMessage actually isn’t included in iCloud backups by default. It’s the one thing toggled off in the settings of a fresh iOS install.
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Re:Apple can read your iMessages (even though they’re E2E en... by ummonk on Saturday August 28, 2021 @05:49PM (#28341806)
It's included in iCloud backups, just not toggled to use end to end encrypted iCloud sync (in which case iCloud backups would back up the decryption key).

See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428, https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208532, https://support.apple.com/guide/security/security-of-icloud-..., and https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303

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