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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by macintux on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:10PM (#33183279)
> PS: Apple preserves a backdoor in the end to end crypto of iMessage for government surveillance that allows Apple to read all iMessages.

That’s configurable. By default a user can access them from other devices, but that feature can be disabled.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by sneak on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:29PM (#33183613)
It's on by default, so everyone you iMessage with has it on, and is sending your plaintext to Apple in the unencrypted iCloud Backup.

Your turning it off has no effect. Most messages are backed up twice.

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