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Re:A Formal Analysis of Apple's iMessage PQ3 Protocol [pdf] by snowwrestler on Friday May 09, 2025 @01:29AM (#43934044)
It is extremely simple, actually. Don’t use “Messages in iCloud” and don’t backup your Messages app to iCloud, and Apple cannot see your message content at all. Luckily these are the defaults.
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Re:A Formal Analysis of Apple's iMessage PQ3 Protocol [pdf] by modeless on Friday May 09, 2025 @01:33AM (#43934052)
It is definitely not the default to exclude iMessage from iCloud backups.
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