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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by lynx23 on Friday March 22, 2024 @04:44AM (#39788593)
The difference between SMS and iMessage doesn't really count in this context, since usage is largely transparent. Its the same app, and the same contact list.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by anticensor on Friday March 22, 2024 @07:10AM (#39789456)
They have completely different privacy and reliability expectations: SMS is ephemeral, unreliable, unencrypted and short; whereas iMessage is semi-persistent, reliable, end-to-end encrypted and long.
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