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How do you know that? Have you seen sources and verified that those sources are actually compiled and shipped with the final product?
by arkadiytehgraet 9y ago
How do you know that? Have you seen sources and verified that those sources are actually compiled and shipped with the final product?
- Analemma_ 9y agoUnless you write your own compiler, look at every line of the source by hand well enough to ensure there no "underhanded C code contest" backdoors, compile the application yourself, load it onto your phone, and do the same for your friends and share keys with them in person, you don't have this kind of assurance for any communication app. You have to draw a line somewhere and accept some level of trust proportionate to your threat model. iMessage is good enough for most people who aren't Edward Snowden.
- prepend 9y agoThat’s a good point. Apple attests that it’s end to end and people have tried to track and fail and leaks don’t reveal vulnerabilities. By comparison, no other majors attest that (eg, Google explicitly says it’s not end to end) and leaks have shown data accessed in clear text by government actors.