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One could argue iPhones collect similar data. How does apple know that the user you are texting has iMessage if it isn’t sent to apple?

• codemusings 8y ago
  One could not, really. E2E encryption does not mean peer to peer. Most messenging services use a client server model. You can easily use identifiers without ever collecting personal data. Nobody knows for sure of course unless you have access to the relevant code but Apple is at least not in the business of selling data to advertisers or needs to bolster their budget with buy in from data mining companies.
  • joewee 8y ago
    Not sure I understand your argument. iPhones send a lot of information to Apple. Apple does keep a log of who you lookup when initiating a iMessage session, even if they aren’t using iMessage. So they know who you are trying to text. This is logged and available to the government upon request. No one is afraid of China using personal data for advertising.