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I would have figured Apple proxied the preview to their own URL crawler which could automagically pluck the best preview image, similar to the magic that FB / S

by tombot 10y ago

I would have figured Apple proxied the preview to their own URL crawler which could automagically pluck the best preview image, similar to the magic that FB / Slack do when sharing a link. This would mask the IP / Geo and Apple could cache a preview image.

pfg 10y ago
It would also expose any URL you send or receive via iMessage to Apple, whereas messages are otherwise end-to-end encrypted.
- tombot 10y ago
  ah good point