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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by fragmede on Monday March 25, 2024 @04:29PM (#39820947)
iMessage does not have better encryption. If the recipient's phone dies and is unreachable, it will resend the text as a plaintext SMS, which is kind of a problem.
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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by daaaaaaan on Monday March 25, 2024 @04:40PM (#39821037)
That's an option (and probably the default option), but it's also configurable to not do that.
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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by snvzz on Monday March 25, 2024 @08:01PM (#39822713)
An actual IM system designed for privacy would never default to plaintext on failure.

iMessage should never be recommended for privacy.

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