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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by rekoil on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @03:02PM (#39458739)
Messages in iCloud (different thing, used for syncing iMessage conversations to all your devices) is off by default, to my knowledge backups of the iMessage database is on by default in the iCloud backup setting, but admittedly I haven't setup a new device without restoring an iCloud backup in many many years.
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Re:iMessage with PQ3 Cryptographic Protocol by mr_toad on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @09:05PM (#39462249)
Messages is iCloud is mostly used to free up local storage, and to sync old messages to new devices. You don’t need it to sync messages most of the time.
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