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Re:iMessage for Android by nwh on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @01:23AM (#6436154)
No, pictures sent using iMessage are uploaded directly to Microsoft Azure when using a true iOS device.

http://i.imgur.com/W3QitN6.png

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Re:iMessage for Android by outworlder on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @09:17AM (#6437644)
Why does Apple use Microsoft Azure though? I would have thought that they have enough server capacity for that.
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Re:iMessage for Android by melange on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @12:18PM (#6438811)
Storing files in the cloud is a commodity service. Why wouldn't they outsource it? They use AWS too.
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Re:iMessage for Android by anfedorov on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @03:01AM (#6436443)
They're encrypted, though, right? Do they need to be sent to this third party to decrypt?
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Re:iMessage for Android by nwh on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @05:14AM (#6436812)
I don't quite remember, but I think the images are just passed over SSL with no other encryption.
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